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6-0. 6.PUBLIC HEARINGS: 6(b)Planning File 2926. Request for a Variance, by Robert Skundberg, to reduce the lot area from 11,000 square feet to approximately 9,500 square feet, and to reduce the lot width from 85 feet to 67 feet, for the purpose of subdividing a 19,095 square foot parcel into two parcels in an R-1 zoning district, located at 1742 Alta Vista Drive. Motion: Member Rhody moved, seconded by Member Wilke, to continue the hearing for PF 2926, because of unresolved issues as stated in the staff report: 1.Section 1016.16A, City Code, requires all structures to be set back a minimum of 75' from the ordinary high water level (OHWL) of Lake Josephine, a general development lake. The existing accessory structure is set back 20' from the OHWL of Lake Josephine and the existing principal structure is set back 30'. 2.Section 1016.26B, City Code, requires a maximum impervious surface coverage of 25% for properties within a shoreland management district. The existing impervious surface coverage of the property is 58% and the proposed impervious surface coverage is 68%. 3.Since the principal structure does not meet the required setback from the OHWL, it is classified as a nonconforming structure. Section 1016.22 requires all additions or expansions to the outside dimensions of a nonconforming structure to meet the setback, height and other requirements of Sections 1016.14 through 1016.16, unless a variance is granted pursuant to Section 1016.20. 4.The substandard non-conforming size of the parcel (6,545 square feet) and the location of the principal structure creates practical difficulty and is a hardship. Because of the nonconforming status of the structure, any addition(s) which would expand the exterior dimensions of the structure would not be allowed. This presents practical difficulty in upgrading and improving the existing residential property. 5.The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, through Area Hydrologist Molly Shodeen, expressed concerns that the addition 2