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I' . I CITY OF ARDEN HILLS i' MEMORANDUM DATE: August 25, 1997 I TO: Mayor and City Council . I FROM: Kevin Ringwald, Community Development Director ~ I SUBJECT: Planning Cases 97-15, 97-16, and 97-]8 The following is a brief review of the requests and the recommendations of the Planning I Commission. The minutes of the August 6, 1997 Planning Commission meeting have been provided under separate cover. I Case #97-15. Variances - Fence. Michael Welsh, 1509 Colleen Avenue A. Request. The applicant is requesting approval of variances to allow for the continuing I existence of a fence (Exhibit A). Specifically, the applicant requires variances for a fence which: exceeds the height requirement in the front yard (Zoning Ordinance, Section VI, E, 4, b); is not 30 percent open for air flow (Zoning Ordinance, Section VI, E, 4, c); and does Ie not have its finished side out (Zoning Ordinance, Section VI, E, 4, f). B. Background, The applicant on April 8, 1986 applied for a building permit to allow for the I construction of a deck to the side and rear of their house at 1509 Colleen A venue. The building permit for the deck was granted on April 9, 1986 (# 3266). The site plan included with the building permit request shows a "future fence". The fence which was constructed I never received a building permit from the City. Therefore, the Staff was not provided the opportunity to discuss the requirements for fences with the applicant prior to the construction of the fence. At the time the fence was constructed the applicable portions of the City Code I had been enacted by the City Council. In April of 1996, the City received a complaint regarding a fence located at 1509 Colleen I A venue. The complaint stated that the fence was not 30 percent open for air flow and that the finished side of the fence was not facing out, as required by the City Code, Sections VI, I E, 4, c and f. Staff investigated the complaint and confirmed that the fence was in violation of City Code, Sections VI, E, 4, c and f. I On April 19, 1996, the City provided Mr. Welsh with written notification that his fence was not in compliance with the requirements of the City Code. In that letter, Mr. Welsh was given 60 days to modify the fence. Generally, the modifications that could be made to the I fence to make it conforming with the City Code are that every other board on the fence would have to be removed from the inside of the fence and placed on the outside of the ~ fence. On June 12, 1996, the City received an appeal to the administrative order to modify the fence at 1509 Colleen Avenue. I -------- ------