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<br /> I" . <br /> I CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> ,. <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> I DATE: October 15, 1996 <br /> TO: Mayor and City Council <br /> I FROM: Kevin Ringwald, Community Development Director ~ <br /> I SUBJECT: Case #96-13, Variances - Front & Side Yard Setback <br /> James Danielson, 3238 North Hamline Avenue <br /> I Request <br /> The applicant requests approval of front and side yard setback varianees to allow for the <br /> I construetion of a 22 foot by 24 foot detached garage (Exhibit A). The applieant has revised the <br /> request such that the front yard setbaek would be at least 15 feet (previously 12 feet) while 40 <br /> feet is required and the side yard setback would remain at five feet while 10 feet is required. <br /> I Backl!round <br /> The City Couneil considered Planning Case 96-13 at its September 30, 1996 regular meeting. <br /> Ie The City Council postponed consideration of this request to the Oetober 15, 1996 meeting, to <br /> provide the applieant and staff additional time to work on an alternate eonfiguration and location <br /> for the proposed garage. <br /> I Planning Commission Recommendation <br /> I The Planning Commission on September 4, 1996 recommended denial of Plarming Case #96-13, <br /> Variances (front and side yard setback), the recommendation was based on the following <br /> findings: <br /> I 1. There are alternative locations on the site without topographic or lot configuration issues <br /> that would comply with ordinance requirements; <br /> I 2. There are no neighborhood development patterns that would suggest that the requested <br /> varianee would allow the subject property to more nearly conform to neighborhood <br /> standards; <br /> I 3. Although three ear garages are commonplace in some neighborhoods, the three or four <br /> garage spaces proposed for this site are not eommon in this neighborhood and their is no <br /> apparent precedent indicating that every homeowner is entitled to three or four garage <br /> I spaces; and <br /> 4. The conditions regarding health, safety, comfort and general welfare of the public <br /> I (applicant's rationale #3) are not grounds for a varianee, but have to exist even if there are <br /> grounds for a variance. <br /> it <br /> I <br />