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. CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: February 23, 1998 TO: CiIT C,""dl ~ FROM: Kevm Rmgwald, Community Development Director SUBJECT: February Planning Cases 98-02 & 98-04 1. Case #98-02, Variance - Side Yard Setback (garage & house addition), Sawhorse, Inc. (Joel & Jane Kennedy), 3465 Seims Court Request. The applicant is requesting approval of a side yard setback variance for a garage addition (seven feet proposed, when ten feet is required) and for a house addition (seven feet, when ten feet is required) on a single family lot zoned R-I (Exhibit A). Background. The Planning Commission on June 3, 1991, recommended approval in Planning Case #92-10 for a side yard setback variance for a garage addition (seven feet proposed, when ten feet is required) on the subject property (Exhibit B). The City Council . on June 8, 1992, approved the variance request (Exhibit C). The garage addition that was proposed in Planning Case #92-10 provided the property owner with the ability to expand their one-car garage into a two-car garage. The garage addition was not built. Subsequent to the City's approval, the property has been sold to a ne'-Y owner (Joel and Jane Kennedy) who in conjunction with their contractor (Sawhorse, Inc.) wish to build the garage addition. However, the Zoning Ordinance in Section VIII, F, 2, states in relevant part that: "Approval shall automatically expire and become void one (I) year from and after the date on which the council granted such approval if the building permit or other approved improvements have not been issued a permit by the building inspector." Therefore, the approval granted in Planning Case #92-10 expired on June 8, 1993. As a note, the current request for a side yard setback variance (house addition) was not part of the approval granted in Planning Case #92-10. Therefore in this request, Staff will be analyzing the variance for the garage addition and the variance for the house addition separately. Deadline for Agency Actions. The City of Arden Hills received the complete application for this request on January 15,1998. Pursuant to Minnesota State Statute the City must act on this request by Monday, March 16, 1998 (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, May 15, 1998. The City may with the petitioners consent extend the review period beyond the Friday, May 15, 1998, date.