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-AR�EN HILLS
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-007
RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE
AT 1666 OAK AVENUE
WHEREAS, City Staff received a complete land use application for a variance to the front
yard setback on a corner lot from the City Code for the property located at 1666 Oak Avenue and
legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto ("Subject Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Applicant is proposing to construct a covered porch addition on an
existing nonconforming dwelling structure and is seeking flexibility with the required front yard
setback on the Subject Property; and
WHEREAS, the Subject Property is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential District, which
requires a front yard setback of 40 feet on the Subject Property. The Applicant is proposing a front
yard setback of 29.6 feet; and
WHEREAS, a variance may be granted when it is in harmony with the general purposes
and intent of the zoning ordinance if enforcement of a provision in the ordinance would cause the
landowner practical difficulties; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota State Statute, the City must act on this request by
January 11, 2024 (60 days), unless the City provides the petitioner with written reasons for an
additional 60-day review period; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota State Statute, the City provided the petitioner with
written reasons for an additional 60-day review period, and the City must act on this request by
March 29, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed Staff to prepare a Land Use Application Public
Policy Notification to notify all property owners within 500 feet of Subject Property when a request
for the Planning Commission is to occur related to a land use application that does not require a
public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the City's obligation has been met where the Arden Hills Planning
Commission reviewed the application on January 3, 2024. All written comments submitted in
advance of the meeting were presented to the Planning Commission; and
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WHEREAS the Planning Commission considered the Applican 's request for a Variance
and, as such voted 6-0 in favor of recommending approval with conditio ris.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS:
Hereby adopts Resolution 2024-007 approving Planning Case 20 3-023 for a Variance for
the property located at 1666 Oak Avenue to construct a covered porch addition with a 29.6 foot
front yard setback on the Subject Property.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that City Council approves PI ing Case 23-023 for a
Variance request at the property located at 1666 Oak Avenue, based on the Findings of Fact and
the submitted plans in the February 12, 2024, Report to the City Council, as amended by the
following conditions:
1) A Building Permit shall be issued prior to commencement of con truction.
2) The building shall conform to all other standards and regulations in the City Code.
3) The proposed covered porch shall not be converted to a four seas n porch.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARD N HILLS THIS 12TH
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024.
David Grant, Mayo
ATTEST:
JTIson, City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
TO
RESOLUTION 2024-007
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:
Lot 12, Block 28, Shorewood Hills No. 5, according to the recorded lat thereof on file and
of record in the office of the County Recorder, Ramsey County, Minne 3ota.
AND
All that part of the West 50 feet of Lot 4, Block 4, Shady Oaks Addition, Ramsey County,
Minnesota, lying Southerly of the Northeasterly extension of the Sou t easterly line of Lot 11,
Block 1, Shorewood Hills No. 5, Ramsey County, Minnesota, and Northerly of the
Southeasterly extension of the south line of Lot 12, Block 1, Shorewood Hills No. 5, Ramsey
County, Minnesota.
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