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.' May~: 2001 James Telstad 2993 Fairview Avenue Roseville, Minnesota 55113 RE: Variance to reconstruct shed less than five feet from side yard property line. Dear Mr. Telstad: Thank you for your recent applicatIon to obtain a variance to allow the reconstruction ,of a shed on your property. The application you provided'was reviewed by the Development Review Committees on Tuesday, May 15, and determined to be incomplete. Specifically, you have not provided your determination of "undue hardship" as prescribed below (and indicated on the application):' '" Variances may be granted where the strict'enforcement of the literal provisions of the ordinance would cause "undue hardship ". The granting of a variance shall only occur when it can be demonstrated that such an action will be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the ordinance. "Undue hardship"as used in connection with the granting a variaru;e means the property in question cannot be put toa reasonable use if used under conditions allowed by the official controls, the plight of the land owner is due to circumstances unique to the property not created by the ,land owner, and the variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. " Further, a review of your property has revealed other non-conformities to the Code regarding impervious coverage and rear yard area. In the case of impervious area, your lot is 18,106 square feet in size allowiIig 5,432 square of impervious area. Staff has calculated paving and structures to occupy approximately 5,546 square feet, roughly 114 square feet overthe code allowance. In the case of your rear yard area, the Code allows 1,057 square feet of rear yard area for utilization with accessory buildings. Your existing detached gan~ge(I,064 square feet) and the shed (170 square feet) totall,234 squar'e feet which is 177 square feet over the Code allowance. Further, the Code permits accessory buildings to a maximum sizeof864 square feet and allows them by conditional use permit up to 1,008 square feet. A variance is necessary for structures that exceed the 1,008 square foot size limitation. Lastly, accessory building square footage is limited so that it may not exceed the footprint of the live-in portion of the house. In your case, the house has been calculated at 1,140 square feet and the accessory buildings calculated at 1,834 square feet, which is 692 square feet over the Code allowance~ . 2660 Civic Center Drive .:. Roseville .:. Minnesota .:. 55113 651-490-2200.:. TDD 651-490-2207 .:. WWW.ci.roseVille.mn.us