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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – JULY 25, 2016 10 Mayor Grant agreed Land O’Lakes was a good corporate neighbor. The motion carried (5-0). 9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Planning Case 16-015 – Variance – 1494 Keithson Drive Senior Planner Bachler stated the City Council reviewed Planning Case 16-015 at their regular meeting on June 27, 2016. The request was tabled in order to give the applicants additional time to review their proposal and provide an alternate plan that would reduce the encroachment of the proposed porch in the rear yard setback. The applicants have since revised their plans to reduce the width of the porch from 12 feet to 10 feet. Senior Planner Bachler indicated the applicants have requested a rear yard setback variance in order to construct a 180 square foot three-season porch addition on the rear side of the house. The porch addition would encroach 1 foot – 6 inches into the required 30-foot rear yard setback, creating a setback of 28 feet – 6 inches from the rear property line. The project would also include a 174 square foot deck that would be accessed through the new porch. In this case, a variance is only needed for the porch addition, as the deck encroachment in the rear yard setback is allowed under the permitted encroachment provisions in Section 1325.03, Subd. 2 of the Zoning Code. He then reviewed Plan Evaluation and Variance Evaluation Criteria. Senior Planner Bachler stated the Planning Commission reviewed Planning Case 16-015 at their regular meeting on June 8, 2016. He explained the findings of fact from the Planning Commission had been updated based on the revised plans. Senior Planner Bachler explained the Planning Commission recommended approval (4-1, Thompson) of Planning Case 16-015 for a rear yard setback Variance at 1494 Keithson Drive, based on the findings of fact and submitted plans in the July 25, 2016, Report to the City Council, which were amended by five conditions. Councilmember Holden asked if the three-season porch would be allowed if the cantilevered fireplace area were not included. Senior Planner Bachler reported the cantilevered fireplace area encroached six inches into the setback, while the porch encroached a total of one foot into the setback. He noted the total structure encroached into the setback one foot six inches. MOTION: Councilmember Wicklund moved and Councilmember McClung seconded a motion to approve Planning Case 16-015 for a rear yard setback Variance at 1494 Keithson Drive, based on the findings of fact and submitted plans, as amended by the five conditions in the July 25, 2016, Report to the City Council. Councilmember Holmes thanked the applicant for their cooperation and for amending their three season porch plans. The motion carried (5-0).