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Notice Notice was published in the Arden Hills/Shoreview Bulletin on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 and . notice was prepared by the City and mailed to residents within three-hundred fifty (350) feet of the subject property. Surrounding Properties Some of the surrounding properties in the area appear to be closer to the property lines that the current Front Yard or Side Yard Comer setbacks of 40 feet. After checking the GIS system, staff would estimate that 10 properties in the Edgewater/Lake/Shoreline neighborhood have closer front or side yard comer setbacks than the standard. Of the ten properties 3 of the properties have setbacks of 12 feet or less. The neighboring property to the west has a 16-side yard comer setback, and the three properties across Edgewater from the applicant's property have front or side yard corner setbacks of 30 feet, 35 feet, and 35 feet. According to City records there have been 2 variances granted for properties in the Edgewater/Lake/Shoreline neighborhood. These variances include a front setback variance of 10 feet for 1146 Edgewater Avenue (2001-31) and a 5-foot front setback variance for 3224 Lake Lane (1997-18). Building Permits Building permits were issued in 1955 for a room addition to the west side of the property and in 1969 for the garage, County records indicate that the house was constructed in 1938, . Site Overview The applicant has requested a 5-foot front yard setback variance and a lO-foot side yard comer setback to allow for the construction ofa new house on the property at 1137 Edgewater Avenue, Currently the property has a small existing house and single-car garage on all of Lot 5 and part of Lot 4, of the Josephine Lake Villas plat. The existing house is small, fairly close to the road, and has been used as a rental property. The proposed 2-story house would have a larger footprint and would be set back greater distances from the road that the existing house and garage. The applicant has stated that he intends to make this new house his permanent residence, This property was originally pJatted in the Lake Josephine Villas as I \1,50 x 124.36 foot lots. It appears that the building was constructed on Lot 5 and the south 25 feet of Lot 4 was acquired later on, While the width of 75 feet is preferabJe to the original 50-foot lot dimension, both the lot dimensions and lot area are still smaller than the current R-2 requirements. In addition, since this was originally plattcd as multiple properties and has since been joined together as one tax parcel, the property is not one legal lot. The property should be re-platted to be one lot; otherwise the structure is technically being constructed over a property line. It appears that a similar situation with an applicant (1146 Edgewater [across the street and one property west of llEarthlPlanninglPlanning Cases\lfl05105-11 Karjawhti Variance (PEND1NG)\04~06-05 PC Report KarjaJahti Varian~e,doc Page 2 of7 .