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NEW BUSINESS – 8C <br /> <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for September 29, 2014 <br /> <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2014\PC 14-025 - Site Plan Review - 3657 Snelling Avenue\Memos_Reports_14-025 <br /> <br />Page 3 of 6 <br /> <br />Findings of Fact <br /> <br />The Planning Commission reviewed Planning Case 14-025 at their regular meeting on <br />September 3, 2014. Draft minutes from the meeting are included in Attachment A. The <br />Planning Commission offers the following findings of fact for consideration: <br /> <br />General Findings <br /> <br />1. The property is in the R-1 Single Family Residential Zoning District. <br />2. The lot is 96,581 square feet in size with approximate dimensions of 540 feet in width, <br />and 230 feet in depth. <br />3. The property currently consists of a single family dwelling with an attached single stall <br />garage. No accessory structures exist on the property at this time. <br />4. The proposed accessory structure is 720 square feet in size or twenty-four (24) feet by <br />thirty (30) feet. <br />5. The proposed accessory structure is setback fifty-eight (58) feet from the front property <br />line and twenty-eight (28) feet from the southern side yard. <br />6. The structure does not encroach into a front, side or rear yard s etback. <br />7. The proposed structure and landscaping coverages are within the zoning district <br />requirements. The new structure will increase the lot coverage from 5.36% to 6.62% and <br />decreases the landscaping coverage from 94.64% to 93.38%. <br />8. The proposed accessory structure would not exceed fifteen (15) feet in height. <br />9. Detached accessory structures up to seven hundred and twenty-eight (728) square feet are <br />permitted structures within the R-1 Zoning District. <br />10. All structures on the lot are outside of the 100-year flood plain, wetlands, and easements. <br />11. The proposal is in harmony with the purpose and intent of the Zoning Ordinance as the <br />Ordinance generally allows flexibility for unique parcels and situations when impacts to <br />surrounding properties are minimized. <br />12. The proposal is consistent with the Arden Hills Comprehensive Plan as it allows the <br />reasonable use of residential property. <br />13. Detached accessory structures are permitted and a reasonable use within the R-1 Single <br />Family Residential Zoning District. <br />14. The property is rather unique due to the placement of the existing single family dwelling <br />in the rear of the lot approximately two-hundred (200) feet from the front property line. <br />15. The current placement of the single family dwelling leaves limited options for the <br />construction of an accessory structure that meets all setback regulations and minimizes <br />tree loss and final grading. <br />16. The proposed accessory structure would be visible from neighboring properties; however, <br />the proposed location, design and the use of quality materials for the detached structure <br />that are compatible in appearance to the single family dwelling should minimize the <br />impacts on surrounding property owners.