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. "I Updates I As previously noted the applicant has modified the request such that the front yard setback would .. be 15 feet (previously 12 feet) while 40 feet is required. The applicant has also reconfigured the building such that less of the wall is penetrating into the setback area. Lastly, the applicant has improved the sight lines from the adjacent home (Lynch @ 3220 North Hamline Avenue). I The reconfigured garage location provides for a 15 foot front yard setback. The garage was reconfigured such that it is located onto the applicants driveway, The applicants driveway, in I this area, is 20 feet in width. The driveway will need to be narrowed to approximately 12 feet in width to accommodate the reconfigured garage location and associated turn movements. The garage setback could be minimized even further if the driveway was relocated further east. I However, there exists a five foot diameter tree which would have to be removed to accommodate the driveway relocation. The garage was also reeonfigured such that the penetration into the setback area was minimized I by rotating the garage parallel with the Lynch's side yard. The rotated garage will minimize the visual impact of the strueture from North Hamline Avenue. The City Council may wish to I require landscaping to further "soften" the view of the garage from North Hamline Avenue. The Lynch's had previously raised concerns with the applicant and Staff that the location of the I garage not restrict their view up North Hamline A venue as they back out of their driveway. The garage location as reconfigured improves the Lynch's view up North Hamline Avenue from their driveway. ., The City Council may wish to take into account the unusually shaped and dimensioned right-of- way of North Hamline Avenue. The width of the right-of-way for North Hamline Avenue is I typically 33 feet, when most residential streets are 30 feet. The width of the right-of-way across the Danielson property varies from 33 feet to 48 feet. Given, that the public traversing residential streets typieally would comprehend excessive right's-of-way as private property, I rather than as a right-of-way. The public should "perceive" the garage to have a setback of22 feet, rather than a setback of 15 feet (Exhibit B). Lastly, if the City Council chooses to approve the variances, then the Staff would recommend the I following as minimum conditions of approval: provision of landscaping adjacent to the North Hamline Avenue sides of the garage to be approved by staff; landscaping to be installed with the I construction of the garage; the garage shall not have a direct aceess to North Hamline Avenue; and the garage shall be eonstructed as shown in Exhibit A. I Deadline for A~encv Actions The City of Arden Hills received the complete application for this request on August 29, 1996. I Pursuant to Minnesota State Statute the City must act on this request by Monday, Oetober 28, 1996 (60 days), unless the City provides the petitioner with written reasons for an additional 60 day review period. The additional review period would extend to Friday, December 27,1996. I The City may with the petitioners consent extend the review period beyond the Friday, December 27,1996 date. Lastly, if the City denies the petitioners request, "... it must state in .. writing the reasons for the denial at the time that it denies the request." I