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� � <br />E� hearings, to vary any such provision in harmony with the general purpose and intent <br />6� thereof and may impose such additional conditions as it considers rrecessary so that the <br />6 i public health, safety and general welfare may be secured and substantial justice dorre.. " <br />F� 6.3 State Statute 462.357, subd. 6(2) provides authority for the City to "hear requests for <br />�q variances from the literal provisiorts of the o�°dinance in instances ivhere their strict <br />�o enforcemerrt would cause undue hardship because of circumstances unique to the <br />i � individual properry under consideration, and to grant such variances only when it is <br />�� demonstrated that such actions will be in keeping wzth the spirit and intent of the <br />��3 ordinarrce. `Urrdue hardship' as used in connection with the granting of a variance <br />i4 means the property in question carrnot be put to a reasonable use if used under <br />i� conditions allowed by the official controls, the plight of the la�downer is due to <br />iF czrcumstances unique to the property not created by the landowner, and the variance, if <br />�� i granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. Ecorromic considerations <br />i� alone shall not constitute an undue hardship if reasonable use for the property exists <br />ip under the terms of the ordinance ... The board or governing body as the case may be may <br />so impose corrditions in the granting of variances to insure compliance arrd to protect ". <br />fS j <br />s� <br />s� <br />�?� <br />�� <br />86 <br />F, i <br />�� <br />£S G <br />�a�� <br />6.4 The property in question cannot be put to a reasonable use if used under conditions <br />allowed bv the official controls: Planning Division staff believes that Lot 4 can be put to <br />reasonable use without a variance, but that the issue is really more of a practical difficulty <br />pertaining to the design of the lots rather than a hardship pertaining to use. The existing <br />house was built in 1959 and was addressed as 1940 Cleveland Avenue until 1963 when <br />the Loren Acres No. 1 plat was recorded. This plat created Loren Road and a lot line in a <br />rear yard that was predictably radial to the nearby cul-de-sac turn-around, but that was at <br />an arbitrary angle with respect to the house. As long as Lots 3 and 4 of the plat have been <br />under common ownership, these lots comprised a single residential parcel, so the <br />common lot line has been irrelevant. Now that the current owners intend to build a home <br />.�� on Lot 4 it has become clear that the shared property boundary is not in a location that <br />�:% respects the functionality of the back yard of the existing home. The Planning Division <br />�a� has determined that the proposed lot line recombination would relieve a practical <br />��� difficulty and that approving a vAR�ANCE in this case would be in harmony with the <br />u � general purpose and intent of the City Code. <br />�ah 6.5 The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to the property not created by <br />�� i the landowner: As noted above, the lot lines were created in 1963, four years after the <br />s� house was built in 1959, and long before the applicants took ownership of the property. <br />��� The Planning Division has determined that the plight of the landowner is due to <br />� oo unique circumstances not created by the landowner. <br />� o � 6.6 The variance, if �ranted, will not alter the essential character of the localitY: The <br />� o:- realignment of the property boundary will make Lot 4 basically mirror Lot 5 of the same <br />� o� Plat, will have no visual impact on the surrounding area, and will only serve to improve <br />� ou the utility of the two affected residential properties. The Planning Division has <br />� o�. determined that the allowance of a vaRiaNCE will not alter the essential character of <br />� u�� the locality, nor adversely affect the public health, safety, or general welfare of the <br />�o� city or adjacent properties. <br />PF08-019 RCA 061608.doc <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />