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Application Deadline: 8^1/02 <br />60 Day Deadline: 10/18/02 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Department Approval: <br />Name: Wendy ^ttenberg <br />Title: Zoning Administrator <br />^ ^pt/nq : <br />DATE: <br />ITEM NO. ? <br />Agenda Section; Zoning <br />Item Description: #02-2828 Tony Lund <br />4515 North Shore Drive (vacant lot) <br />Variances <br />Exhibits: <br />A Resolution <br />B Stall Report and exhibits of 9/16/02 <br />Pertinent Code Sections: <br />1. Section 10.24, Subd. 5(B): Lot Area: The lot is 26,920 s.f. where 43,560 s.f. is the minimum lot <br />area for the LR-IB zoning district. <br />2. Section 10.24, Subd. 5(B): Lot Width: The lot is 65* wide where 140' is the minimum lot width <br />for the LR-IB zoning district. <br />Application Summary: The applicant is proposing to construct a new residence on a vacant lot <br />that does not meet lot area or lot width requirements. <br />A lot width variance is required due to the lot being 65* wide at the shoreline where 140* is required <br />in the LR-IB zoning district, measured at the shoreline and at the 75* setback. <br />A lot area variance is required due to the lot being 26,920 s.f. where 43,560 s.f. is required in the LR- <br />1B zoning district. Neither lot area nor width meet the 80?^o standard for sewered lots in 1 acre zone. <br />The proposed residence meets all setbacks in the LR-IB zoning district, llie proposed residence <br />meets structural and hardcover coverage requirements of city ordinances. <br />Discussion: <br />When land use applications requiring lot area and/or lot width variances are submitted and reviewed <br />a condition (hardship) looked at is whether there is land available to combine to make the property <br />conforming. This property does not have land available to combine in order for it to meet <br />conformity. <br />This property has been vacant and was owned by the adjacent property owner since the early 1980*s. <br />The lot was part of the Bergquists*s Addition to Saga Hill subdivision. The Bergquists*s Addition <br />to Sage Hill took place in the 1950 ’s. The Bcrgquists*s Addition to Saga Hill included land along <br />North Shore Drive which was subdivided into 9 lots of similar size. The subject lot was never built <br />on. The properties in the Bcfgquist’s Addition met the zoning standards of the time. Undercurrent