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Application Deadline: 9/5/02 <br />60 Day Deadline: 11 /4/02 <br />ocr f <br />•t <br />> <br />>* <br />f <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Dcpartncnt Approval: <br />Name: Wendy ^nenberg <br />Title: Zoning Administrator <br />V • <br />DATE: <br />ITEM NO. 7 <br />Agenda Section: Zoning <br />Item Description: #02-2827 Sven Gustafson <br />4515 North Shore Drive <br />Variances <br />Exhibits: <br />A Resolution <br />B Staff Report and exhibits of 9/16/02 <br />Application Summary: <br />I. Section 10.24, Subd. S(B): Lot Area: The lot is 23,360 s.f where 43,560 s.f is the minimum lot <br />area for the LR-IB zoning district for new construction. <br />2. Section 10.24, Subd. 5(B): Lot Width: The lot is 55’ wide where 140' is the minimum lot area for <br />the LR-IB zoning district for new construction. <br />Application Summary: The applicant is proposing to tear down and construct a new residence <br />on a lot that does not meet lot area or lot width requirements. The lot is served by sanitary sewer and <br />currently has a house and detached garage on it. <br />A lot width variance is required due to the lot being 55’ wide at the shoreline where 140’ is required <br />in the LR-IB zoning district. <br />A lot area variance is required due to the lot being 23,360 s.f. where 43,560 s.f. is required in the LR- <br />1B zoning district. <br />The proposed residence meets all setbacks in the LR-IB zoning district. The proposed residence <br />meets structural coverage and hardcover requirements of city ordinances. <br />Discussion: <br />When land use applications requiring lot area and/or lot width variances arc submitted and reviewed <br />a condition (hardship) looked at is whether there is land available to combine to make the property <br />(onforming. In most applications, the property being redeveloped does not have land available in <br />which to make it conforming. However, in this triplication the subject property is non-conforming in <br />lot area and lot width and there is a vacant parcel of similar size to the west. The same person has <br />owrned both properties since the early 1980’s. The two properties were never combined and within <br />the last several months were sold to different parties. Therefore, the land is not available to combine <br />to make it conforming. City ordinances do NOT prohibit separate sale of adjacent substandard <br />commonly owned lots in sewered areas.