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PLANlUNG RBPORT DATE: November 10, 1992 CASE NUMBER: 2484 APPLICANT: City of Roseville Cedarholm Golf Course LOCATION: 2323 North Hamline Avenue ACTION REQUESTED: variance (Fence Height) 1. BACKGROUND The City's Cedarholm Golf Course fronts on Hamline Avenue. The green for hole No. 2 is near Hamline Avenue, and occasionally golf balls cause damage to vehicles or property out on Hamline Avenue. There is a fence on the property line behind the green, but in order to improve the situation, the golf course wants to replace the existing 4'-high cyclone fence with a 6'-high fence with smaller mesh. The request is for a variance to the height of a fence within the front yard setback. The parking lot for the golf course was redone in 1990 and a variance was granted to the front setback, allowing the parking lot edge to remain where it was, on the property line. An additional 16.5' of right-of-way was needed according to the county Master Plan. Since the course is City owned, it was agreed that the property would be available for County use if and when a Hamline Avenue widening proj ect were actually scheduled. The additional right-of-way was not actually dedicated. 2. DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS, Planninq Considerations The property is zoned R-1 and guided Golf Course. Fences in the R-1 District are allowed to be no higher than 4' within the 30' front setback. We believe the intent of the Code is to prevent a wall of tall fences from being built along residential streets, altering the visual character of the yards and homes in the neighborhood. In this area, Hamline Avenue is a busy collector street near a freeway interchange, and the neighboring uses across Hamline from the fence are a large church and a home owned by the church.