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1. <br />0 <br />3. <br />4. <br />5. <br />This application was reviewed as Zoning File #04-3026. <br />The property is located in the LR-IB, Zoning District which requires a <br />minimum lot area of 1 acre and a minimum lot width of 140’ at the shore <br />and 75’ setback. The applicants’ lot is 3.6 acres in area and 390’± in <br />width at the shore and 75’ setback. <br />The Planning Commission reviewed this application at a public hearing <br />held on July 19, 2004 and recommended approval of variances based on <br />the following findings: <br />a. Over half of the existing home is located within 75’ of the OHWL of <br />Lake Minnetonka. <br />b. Approximately 6% of the total structure and hardcover on the property <br />is within the 30 ’ bluff impact zone. <br />c. Per Resolution No. 3191, approved in 1992, the property was granted a <br />hardcover variance for the 0-75 ’ setback zone of 11.2% for <br />construction of home additions. <br />d. The proposed deck will not encroach any further into the lake setback <br />than the existing approved deck. <br />e. The proposed deck will not encroach any further into the bluff setback <br />than the existing approved deck. <br />f. The proposal will not increase hardcover levels within the 0-75 ’ zone <br />above the levels approved in Resolution No. 3191 approved in 1992. <br />The City Council has considered this application including the findings <br />and recommendation of the Planning Commission, reports by City staff, <br />comments by the applicants and the public, and the effect of the proposed <br />variances on the health, safety and welfare of the community. <br />The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are <br />peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning <br />Page 2 of 6