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REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION DATE: 09/12/01 ITEM NO: Department Approval: ~Iw It Description: A request by Clinton Freemen, 1296 Woodhill Drive, for a variance to Section 1012.02B2 of the Roseville City Code for allowance of a fence in a front yard greater than four feet (PF3341). Manager Approved: Agenda Section: PUBLIC HEARING 1.0 REQUESTED ACTION 1.1 Mr. Freeman is requesting a variance to Section 1012.02B2 to increase the height ofa fence in his front yard adjacent to Huron Street from four feet to six feet. Code ReQuirement Proposal Variance 48 inch (four foot) maximum fence height. Six foot fence height desired Two feet 2.0 BACKGROUND 3.1 Mr. Freeman owns the home located at 1296 Woodhill Drive. The property is zoned R-l, Single Family Residential District with a Comprehensive Plan Designation of LR, Low Density Residential. 3.2 The Freeman property is surrounded by residential homes on the north, south, east, and west. To the southeast lies Howard Johnson Park. 3.3 Mr. Freeman is requesting the variance from Section 1012.02B2 of the Roseville Zoning Ordinance to increase the height of a fence in a front yard to six feet. The Freeman lot is a corner lot with frontage along W oodhill Drive and Huron Street. 3.4 The Freeman home is addressed off of Wood hill Drive, which under City Code is a side yard. The front yard, as prescribed by the City Code, is that which fronts along Huron Street. In the case of the Freeman's the true front yard is used as a side yard. 3.5 The Freeman's desire privacy and sound screen for their home and would like to construct a six-foot tall fence from their south property line to the home. The fence would be set back approximately nine feet from the front property line adjacent to Huron Street. PF3341 - RPCA (091201) Page 1 on