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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – October 8, 2025 3 <br /> <br /> 5. Final grading, drainage, and site plans shall be subject to approval by the Public <br />Works Director/City Engineer and Community Development Director prior to the <br />issuance of a grading and erosion control permit or other development permits. <br /> 6. The submitted shoreland mitigation plans shall be completed in accordance with <br />City Code Section 1330.03 Subd. 7. E. within one year of the plan's approval unless <br />otherwise approved by the City. <br /> <br />2. Recommend Approval as Submitted <br />3. Recommend Denial <br />4. Table <br /> <br />Chair Collins opened the floor to Commissioner comments. <br /> <br />Commissioner Birken asked if the property owner were to need a new deck at some point in the <br />future would the applicant have to apply for another variance in the future. <br /> <br />Senior Planner Fransen stated the variance would be tied to the property and the deck could be <br />replaced with the proposed footprint. <br /> <br />Commissioner Burlingame commented he believed this variance request was pretty straight <br />forward and the setback situation was existing. He noted the variance was about adding <br />accessibility improvements to the property. <br /> <br />Commissioner Jacobson questioned if the easement down to the lake was driven on or was it a <br />pedestrian path. <br /> <br />Senior Planner Fransen reported there was no paving, but rather the easement provided access <br />to the water. <br /> <br />Commissioner Jacobson noted there was 30 feet of shoreland adjacent to the lake and this <br />surface was not paved but provided access to the lake. <br /> <br />Senior Planner Fransen stated this was the case. <br /> <br />Commissioner Jacobson noted if the variance was approved for the deck and there was a <br />change of ownership, the new owner would assume the variance that was in place. <br /> <br />Senior Planner Fransen reported this was the case. <br /> <br />Commissioner Jacobson inquired whereof the shoreland mitigation work would be done by the <br />applicant. <br /> <br />Senior Planner Fransen explained the shore impact zone was a 25-foot area between the <br />ordinary high water level and the 25 feet from there. <br /> <br />Commissioner Erler moved, and Commissioner Birken seconded a motion to recommend <br />approval of Planning Case 25-011 for a variance to construct a new deck with an 8.8-foot <br />rear yard setback at 3254 Hamline Avenue North, based on the findings of fact and the <br />submitted plans, as amended by the conditions in October 8, 2025, Report to the Planning <br />Commission.