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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for May 6th, 2020 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2020\20-004 1741 Venus Avenue Tourdot Variance\Memos Reports Page 1 of 8 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> <br />DATE: May 6th, 2020 PC Agenda Item 3.B <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Joe Hartmann, Associate Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #20-004 – No Public Hearing Required <br /> Applicant: William Tourdot and Jennifer Granick <br /> Property Location: 1741 Venus Avenue <br /> Request: Variance <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />William Tourdot and Jennifer Granick (“Applicants”) have requested a variance in order to <br />construct a replacement deck in the front yard of their single-family detached dwelling located at <br />1741 Venus Avenue (“Subject Property”). <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />1. Overview of Request <br /> <br />The Applicants are requesting a variance to replace a deck in the front yard of their single-family <br />detached dwelling on the Subject Property that also serves as the front door entrance to the house <br />given the unique topography of the parcel. The front yard property line is 40 feet from the house <br />and thus the proposed deck is 28 feet from the property line. The Subject Property is zoned R-1, <br />Single Residential District and is guided as Low Density Residential on the land use plan. <br /> <br />The Applicants are proposing to replace the design instead of repairing the current structure. <br />According to the Applicants’ narrative submitted as a part of their application, the proposed plan <br />is to replace the deck and walkway which is original to the house. The decking is failing due to <br />rotting wood after over 50 years in service and some of the current two-by-four support structure <br />is not up to current state building code standards for decks. <br />