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Background <br />1. Existing Site Conditions <br />1945 Edgewater Avenue, the Subject Property, is zoned R-2, Single and Two Family Residential <br />District. It is designated for Low Density Residential in the 2040 Comprehensive Land Use Plan. <br />The Subject Property is the site of a single-family dwelling owned by the Applicant. All <br />surrounding parcels are also zoned R-2, Single and Two Family Residential District and designated <br />for Low Density Residential Uses in the Land Use Plan. <br />2. Site Data <br />2040 Future Land Use <br />Plan: <br />LDR — Low Density Residential <br />Existing Land Use: II Single Family Dwelling <br />Zoning: II R-2, Single and Two Family Residential District <br />Lot Size: <br />0.26 acres <br />3. Proposed Use <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 feet as measured from the building line of the proposed garage addition. The <br />existing detached garage is currently located 1.4 feet from the side yard property line. Section <br />1320.06 of the Arden Hills City Code requires 40-foot front yard setback in R-2 and a side yard <br />setback of 40 feet on corner lots. <br />Proposed Addition <br />PROPOSED <br />O <br />• ,DfTONd <br />vVl <br />4 P <br />LU <br />�6. <br />20.5 <br />LU <br />I 2: <br />J <br />EXISTING .a <br />GARAGE <br />_ <br />`O 3 <br />(377 S.F.) <br />6.7 <br />20.5�_ <br />O <br />16.0 <br />-ss <br />�- <br />- --(28.6 -- ----- <br />I° PROPOSED <br />-- 'ADDITION <br />- <br />�I <br />.a (66 S.F.) <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 variance <br />Page 2 of 9 <br />