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2. <br />3. <br />4. <br />5. <br />The property is located in the LR-IC, Single Family Lakeshorc Residential Zoning <br />District where '/z acre is the minimum lot size and 100 feet is the minimum lot width. <br />The property is 10,048 s.f. (0.23 acre) in area and is 50 ’ in width. <br />The Planning Commission reviewed the application for variances and recommended <br />approval by a vote of 7 to 0 based on the follow ing findings and hardships: <br />A. 1 he lot was platted prior to current zoning standards. <br />B. The property has been developed as a residential site. Hennepin County tax <br />records estimate a construction year of 1900. <br />C. The property is scr\cd by sanitary sewer. <br />D. Redevelopment the property as residential is consistent with the zoning <br />district and with the development of the surrounding properties. <br />E. The lot has demonstrated a suitable building site. <br />F.The amount of hardcover proposed is the minimum amount of hardcover <br />required to seiA C a house w ith a 1.500 s.f. foundation and provide a suitable <br />drive wav. <br />The City has approved a number of variances to lot area and width for the lots <br />in the general area since most lots are non-conforming. <br />The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar to it <br />and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting the <br />variances will not adversely afl'ect traffic conditions, light, air, nor pose a fire hazard <br />or other danger to neighboring property; would not merely serve as a convenience to <br />the applicants, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is <br />necessar)’ to preser\ e a substantial property right of the applicants; and w ould be in <br />keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the <br />Citv. <br />The City Council has considered this application including the findings and <br />recommendations of the Planning Commission, reports by City Staff, comments by <br />the applicants and the effect of the proposed variance on the health, safety and <br />welfare of the community. <br />Page 2 of 6