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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that City Council denies Planning Case 2l-006 for a variance request at the Subject Property 4073 Valentine Court, based on the findings of fact and the submitted plans in the May 24,2021 Report to the City Council: The Subject Property located at 4073 Valentine Court is located in the R-l Single Family Residential District, and is guided as Low Density Residential in the land use plan, ffid is currently non-conforming because it does not meet the R-l District standards for side yard setback on a corner lot: Section 1320.06 of the Arden Hills City Code requires a side yard setback of 40 feet on corner lots. The City received the Applicant's Application for a Variance on March 31,2021 requesting a variance to decrease the required side yard setback from 40 feet to 7 .82 feet to accommodate the proposed garage addition. The rectangular shaped lot, though relatively narrow compared to its length, is of substantial size for lots in the neighborhood, having a lot area over twice the minimum lot size of 14,000 square feet (property is 37,541 square feet). The scope or scale of the Variance request is very large, asking to reduce a40 foot setback to 7 .82 feet. The large Variance request would further reduce the green space in the side yard atea and require ongoing maintenance of the current screening, or further plantings to provide additional screening, all of which would need to be located it the City' s right-of-way. Granting of the Variance would increase responsibility on the City to maintain vegetative buffer from the traveled portion of the right-of-way. The size and layout of the Subject Property provides multiple alternative options for the Applicant that would allow for increased accessory structure and floor area, and the shape of the lot is not unique in that lots in the neighborhood all have odd shapes and sizes. I 2 3 4 5 6 PASSED Ai\D ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS THIS 14th DAY OF JUNE, 2021. il*'l'U^* Mayor t Attest: Ci Clerk To vigw the /inal document, qccess adopted Resolutions via Arden Hills Public Laser/iche Weblink by visiting cityofardenhills.org and clicking on Archived Documents under Helpful Links on our mainwebpage.