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2. The property is located in the LR - IC, Zoning District which requires a <br />minimum lot area of O.S acres and a minimum lot width of 100* at the <br />shoreline and at the 75* setback of Lake Minnetonka. <br />3. The Plaiming Commission reviewed this application at a public hearing <br />held on August IS, 2005 and recommend^ approval of the variances <br />based on the following findings: <br />a. The proposed roof addition will not encroach further on the existing <br />rear yard setback to undeveloped Maple Avenue. <br />b. The proposed roof structure and 'A story addition meet the building <br />heigM a^ half story requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. <br />c. The proposed roof structure, while adding height, will not impact lake <br />views for adjacent iakeshore properties due to the curvature of the <br />shoreline within Casco Cove of Lake Minnetonka. <br />d. The additioiuU 5* encroachment on the rear yard of undeveloped <br />Maple Avenue will consists only of an unenclos^ covered entry over <br />the existing <br />e. While the 1968 variance q)proval categorizes the rear lot line as the <br />line adjacent to undevelop^ Maple Avenue, this property boundary <br />functions more like a side street which would only require a 15* <br />setback due to the orientation of the adjacent houses. <br />f. The area existing under the proposed covered entry, in the basement <br />level, already exists as storage space to the house as it was an old well. <br />Hie covered entry proposed will not encroach any further than this <br />existing storage area in the basement level. <br />4. The City Council has considered this application including the findings <br />and recommendation of the Platming Commission, reports by City staff, <br />conunents by the m>plicants and the public, and the effect of the proposed <br />variances on the h^th, safety and welfare of the community. <br />Page 2 of 6