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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for February 5th, 2020 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2019\19-020 - 3159 Shoreline Lane - VA <br />Page 1 of 6 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: February 5, 2020 PC Agenda Item 3.B <br /> <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Joe Hartmann, Associate Planner <br /> Mike Mrosla, Community Development Manager/City Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #19-020 – No Public Hearing Required <br /> Applicant: Justin Brown <br /> Property Location: 3159 Shoreline Lane <br /> Request: Variance <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />Justin Brown (“The Applicant”) has requested a variance for an ordinary high water (OHW) yard <br />setback of five feet, six inches (5’ 6”) to construct a new deck behind a single-family dwelling <br />located at 3159 Shoreline Lane (“Subject Property”). <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />On October 16th, 2019 Curtin and Sons Construction LLC submitted a building permit for <br />construction of a new deck in the rear yard of the Subject Property (“2019-01063”). Staff inspected <br />the property and determined that the previous deck, which was approved under a building permit <br />in 2007 (“B07-9967”), had been removed and the contractor was planning to build a larger deck, <br />based on photos of the property from 2017 and the evidence that the posts for the new deck had <br />been dug farther out than the posts for the previous deck. Under 2019-01063, the contractor <br />indicated the replacement deck proposed was 13 feet, 6 inches wide and 34 feet, 3 inches long <br />where the previous deck under B07-9967 was built to eight feet (8’) wide and 30 feet long. <br /> <br />1. Overview of Request <br /> <br />The Applicant is requesting a variance to the setback from the ordinary high water level (OHWL). <br />The required setback is 50 feet but the Zoning Ordinance allows a six foot (6’) encroachment into <br />the required setback. The proposed deck exceeds the allowed setback and encroachment by five <br />and a half feet (5.5’). <br /> <br />Staff notes that building plans are not required as part of a submission for a Land Use Application, <br />but because the nature of the request is regarding a pre-existing structure encroaching on the <br />setbacks for the property, previous building permits have been included in the Land Use <br />Application for comparison. The Planning Commission is being asked to determine if a variance