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I' .. DRAFT I I- ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - JUNE 5. 1996 3 Commissioner Larson stated the property is adjacent to Cummings Park. He inquired if there was I interest in land dedication by the Parks Commission. Mr. Ringwald replied that the Comprehensive Plan did not show additional park land in this area, and Cindy Walsh, Director of Parks and Recreation, stated that there is ilO need for additional access to this area of Cummings Park. I Piotrowski moved, seconded by Larson, to approve Planning Case #96-10, subject to the conditions contained in the Planner's memorandum. The motion carried unanimously (7-0). I PUBLIC HEARING CASE #96-06 HERB TOUSLEY 3248 SANDEEN ROAD FRONT YARD V ARlANCE I Chair Erickson opened the public hearing at 7:47 p.m. I Mr. Ringwald verified the public hearing notice was published in the Focus on May 23rd and 30th, 1996. I Mr. Ringwald stated the applicant is requesting approval of a variance from the required front and side yard setbacks. He stated the front yard setback being requested is 35 feet, when 40 feet is .. required, and the requested side yard setback varies from 2.7 feet to four feet, when five feet is required. I Mr. Ringwald stated the applicant is requesting the variance so the front yard of the property will have a similar building setback from Sandeen Road as the adjacent properties. He stated the applicant is requesting the side yard setback variance due to the fact that the existing structure is I currently non-conforming in respect to the side yard setback and the proposed addition would require the extension of that non-conforming wall. I Mr. Ringwald stated the City approved a similar front yard variance request in 1987 for Candace McCloskey at 3290 Sandeen Road, which provided for a 35-foot front yard setback when a 40-foot I setback was required, based on the prevailing setback in the area and slope to the lake., He stated a side yard variance request was also approved in 1994 at the Lundgren home at 3487 Ridgewood Road, which essentially extended an existing nonconforming wall. Mr. Ringwald stated the property I is steeply sloped from the home down to Lake Johanna, and that several mature hardwood trees would have to be eliminated if the addition was to be located on the south side of the property. I Mr. Ringwald stated that staff recommends approval of the front yard setback variance based on the previously described steep topography, prevailing front yard setback in the area, and previously granted variances in the area of a similar nature. He stated staff recommends approval of a side yard I setback variance as shown on Exhibit A, page 1 of3 ofthe June 5,1996, memorandum, based on the wall to be extended does not augment a building nonconformity and also based on a previously it granted variance, subject to the following condition: I