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<br /> Page 2 of 8 <br />3. Proposed Use <br /> <br />The Applicant is requesting a variance to decrease the required side yard setback on a corner lot <br />for the Subject Property from 40 feet to 5.8 feet and to decrease the required front yard setback <br />from 40 feet to 39.2 as measured from the portion of the proposed garage addition. The current <br />garage structure is located 1.4 feet from the side yard property line. Section 1320.06 of the Arden <br />Hills City Code requires 40-foot front yard setback in R-2 and a side yard setback of 40 feet on <br />corner lots. <br /> <br />According to the Applicant’s narrative and the Certificate of Survey for the Subject Property <br />submitted as a part of the application, the Subject Property’s existing principal structure does not <br />meet the front yard setback requirement and the detached garage does not meet the side yard corner <br />lot setbacks. The Subject Property was developed in 1952 and today is a legal nonconforming lot <br />for the front yard setback and the side yard setback for corner lots. The 40-foot side yard setback <br />on corner lots for each street frontage was established in the Code in 1980. The requested variances <br />would not encroach further into the existing minimum building setbacks on the Subject Property. <br /> <br />The Applicant is requesting the proposed garage addition as, according to the Applicant, two <br />vehicles cannot be stored and accessed within the existing garage. The proposed garage addition <br />would meet applicable building codes and all other regulations in the R-2 District. As a legal <br />nonconforming lot, the existing detached accessory structure is allowed to be maintained through <br />normal maintenance and repairs. The Applicant would not be able to construct the proposed garage <br />addition without a variance. <br /> <br />4. Approvals <br /> <br />The Planning Commission is being asked to determine if a variance request for flexibility on the <br />front yard setback and the side yard setback of a corner lot should be approved. The submitted <br />sketches show the location of the proposed garage addition. The evaluation of the proposal should <br />be based on the District Provisions in Section 1320, the General Regulations in Section 1325, and <br />the Requirements for a Variance in Section 1355.04, Subd. 4. <br /> <br />Plan Evaluation <br /> <br />Chapter 13, Zoning Regulations Review <br /> <br />1. District Provisions (R-2 Single and Two Family Residential District) – Section 1320.06 <br /> <br />Lot Size and Dimensions – Meets Requirements <br />The Subject Property was constructed in 1952 with a lot area of 11,325.6 square feet <br />(Attachment D). Section 1320 – District Provisions of the Zoning Code requires a minimum lot <br />size of 11,000 square feet per single-family dwelling unit. <br /> <br />Structure Setbacks – Variance Requested <br />In the R-2 District, the minimum front and rear setback requirements are 40 feet and 30 feet, <br />respectively. The current garage structure is located 43.2 feet from the front yard property line and <br />the principal structure has a 35.3 foot front yard setback. The minimum side yard setback on a <br />corner lot is 40 feet. The current garage structure is located 1.4 feet from the side yard property