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At its May 26, 2020 meeting, the City Council reviewed the Applicants request for a twelve (12) <br /> foot wide deck in the front yard along with replacing the existing walkway with a wider walkway <br /> that extended into the front yard setback as shown below. The walkway requested was a necessary <br /> replacement to bridge a sunken courtyard feature original to the house that allowed the residents <br /> access the front entrance of the house. Under City Code Section 1325.03 Subd. 2, decks in the R- <br /> 1 district are permitted to encroach up to six (6) feet into setbacks as long as there is at least an <br /> another six(6)feet between the edge of the deck and the property line. The propose deck requested <br /> would have encroached an additional twelve (12)feet into the front yard setback. <br /> 4 <br /> r_ <br /> The Council discussed the possibility of a covered porch in lieu of the proposed deck as covered <br /> porches may encroach ten (10) feet into the front yard setback. The City Council then tabled the <br /> request to allow the Applicants time to pursue plans for a covered porch and return with an <br /> amended request. The Applicants are still proposing to replace the existing deck structure with a <br /> deck instead of building a covered porch. According to the Applicants, extending a roof over a <br /> covered porch on the south side of the house would block too much sunlight from the two windows. <br /> Based on a more accurate measurement that the applicants took of the distance from the front of <br /> the house to the front property line, the proposed seven and a half(7.5)foot wide deck would only <br /> encroach one (1) foot into the front yard setback because the house is precisely forty and a half <br /> (40.5)feet from the front property line. As stated above, decks in the R-1 district are permitted to <br /> encroach up to six (6)feet into setbacks as long as there is at least an another six (6)feet between <br /> the edge of the deck and the property line. Therefore, without an approved variance, a deck must <br /> maintain a setback of at least thirty-four(34)feet from the front property line. <br /> City ofArden Hills <br /> City Council Meeting for August 10, 2020 <br /> P:TlanningTlanning Cases1202W20-0041741 Venus Avenue Tourdot Variance EC Packet <br /> Page 2 of 7 <br />