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Variance Board Meeting City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Minutes - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 1. Call to Order Chair Daniel Boerigter called to order the Variance Board meeting at 5:00 p.m. and reviewed the role and purpose of the Variance Board. 2. Roll Call & Introductions Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd called the Roll. Members Present: Chair Daniel Boerigter; and Commissioners Jim Doherty and Barbara Martinson. Staff present: Community Development Director John Stark; City Planner Thomas Paschke; City Engineer Debra Bloom; and Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd; 3. Approval of Minutes MOTION Member Doherty moved, seconded by Member Martinson, to approve meeting minutes of June 6, 2007 as presented. Ayes: 3 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 4. Public Hearings a. PLANNING FILE 07-033 Request by Kristine Simonson for a VARIANCE to Roseville City Code, §1016 (Wetland Setbacks) to allow the improvement of an existing driveway within the required setback from a wetland on a residential lot that is to be separated from the parcel currently addressed at 2950 W Owasso Boulevard. Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 07-033. Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd corrected the subject property address to 2950 W Owasso Boulevard; and proceeded to review the request to allow improvement of an existing driveway ten feet (10’) at its closest point from a wetland; representing a twenty-foot (20’) encroachment into the required driveway setback from the wetland. Mr. Lloyd noted that the applicant had a pending purchase agreement on Lot 34 of the lake Owasso Park plat, with Lot 34 currently part of the residential parcel addressed as 2950 W Owasso Boulevard, currently comprised of three lots (Lake Owasso Park Lots 32-34) platted in 1921. Mr. Lloyd advised that the current owner of the lots had previously tied all three lots together for tax purposes, and was now “un-tying” them and selling them as individual parcels. Mr. Lloyd noted that because the lots are already platted, this didn’t constitute a minor subdivision, and no City approvals were required for unbinding the lots; but simply a matter of applying to Ramsey County to assign unique parcel identification numbers (PIN’s) for the previously unassigned parcels. Mr. Lloyd advised that all of the lots complied with the City Code minimum lot side and area standards for legally buildable lots. Mr. Lloyd reviewed wetland delineations as applicable to the lots. Staff recommended APPROVAL of the request for a twenty-foot (20’) wetland setback VARIANCE required in City Code, Section 1016.16A (Setbacks from Water Body), to allow the proposed driveway improvement on property currenlty6 addressed as 2950 W Owasso Boulevard; based on comments and findings outlined in Sections 5 and 6, and detailed conditions of Section 6 of the project report dated July 11, 2007.