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Date Application Received: 04/16/18 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 04/16/18 <br />60 -Day Review Period Expires: 06/15/18 <br />To: Chair Thiesse and Planning Commission Members <br />Dustin Rief, City Administrator <br />From: Melanie Curtis, Planner h'1GG <br />Date: 21 May 2018 <br />Subject: #LA18-000041, Catherine Meyer, 493 Park Avenue, <br />Variances <br />Public Hearing <br />Application Summary: The applicant is requesting lot width and lot area variances in order to <br />develop the vacant property in order to take advantage of the Tier 3 hardcover level of 35%. <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval. <br />Background <br />Until recently, the 493 Park Avenue was made up of two separate PIDs. The property owner <br />recently combined the two PIDs into one property which is still in process at Hennepin County. <br />The combined property is a small lot which qualifies for buildability without area and width <br />variances under the Shoreland regulations. However, a qualifier for taking advantage of the <br />Shoreland ordinance is a hardcover limitation of 25%. The owner wishes to develop the <br />property under the Tier 3 hardcover limitation, which is consistent with the tier assigned based <br />on distance. In order to be able to exceed 25% up to the 35% limit, the lot area and width <br />variance is required. Plans have been submitted which meet all of the LR -16 district setbacks <br />and reflect a proposed hardcover level of approximately 29%. Once the area and width <br />variances are granted, any additional hardcover in the future would be limited to 35%. <br />LOT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET <br />Section 78-330 - Setbacks: <br />LR -1B <br />Required <br />Proposed <br />Front <br />35' <br />42' house <br />35' porch <br />Rear <br />30' <br />36' <br />Side Street (South) <br />20' <br />22' <br />North Side <br />10' <br />10' <br />