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AGENDA ITEM Item No.: 17 Date: February 12, 2018 Item Description: #18-4000, Jeff Martineau o/b/o Barbara Garcia, 1335 Arbor Street, Variance — Resolution Presenter: Laura Oakden Agenda Public Hearing Planner Section: Due to an error in the public hearing notice for the January Planning Commission meeting, and to ensure that all impacted property owners have the ability to comment, the public hearing was opened at the Planning Commission meeting, and continued to the City Council meeting. The City Council must open the public hearing, invite comment, and close the public hearing for this item prior to discussion and vote. Purpose. This application is requesting multiple variances to construct a new home on site, including Lot Area, Lot Width, front, side, street side setback and structural coverage. 2. MN§15.99 Application Deadline. The application was received on December 13, 2017; it was considered as complete on January 4, 2018. Therefore the 60 -Day review period expires on March 5, 2018. 3. Background. The applicant is looking to construct a new home located at 1335 Arbor Street, replacing an existing home on the property. The proposed home will be more centered on the lot. The site is a corner and through lot with streets on three of the four sides. The applicant proposes to build a full basement rambler style home with two stall garage and a deck. They are located in the RR -1 B zoning district and the lot is extremely small at 0.20 acres in a zone requiring 2 acres. The applicant is requesting variance for lot area, lot width, front setback, side setback. Side street setback, and structural coverage variance. The applicant would like the council to consider this application as it is presented, though the Planning Commission noted concern with the structural coverage variance. The applicant is prepared to redesign the footprint of the home to meet the structural coverage of 2000 square feet. Staff has determined that the redesign will require review by the Planning Commission in a public hearing. If the Council feels that the standards for a variance from the structural coverage have not been met, the applicant will bring new plans for a public hearing at the April 16th Planning Commission and the May14, 2018 Council meeting. 4. Planning Commission Comment. On January 16, 2018 the Planning Commission opened a public hearing and reviewed the application. The Commission discussed the multiple variances and seem supportive of the variance except the structural coverage, noting that the limits were recently increased from 1500 sqft to 2000 sqft. The commissioners voted unanimously on a motion to deny the variance requests. Prepared By: LO Reviewed By: JBarnhart Approved By: 5bV