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H <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />Chair HawTi and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Paul Weinberger, Zoning Administrator <br />April 9, 2002 <br />SUBJECT: ^<02-2762 Timothy and Mary Sweezo <br />4480 Watertown Road <br />Variances <br />Lot Area: 174,629 s.f, (4.0 acres) <br />Appx. 63,000 s.f. (1.44 acres) excluding wetland <br />Required Lot Area: 5.0 acres <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A Application <br />B Plat Map <br />C Sur\ey/Site Plan <br />D Building Elevations <br />E Floor Plans <br />F Site Topography <br />G Site Photos <br />H Memo - Matt Bolterman, On-Site Systems Manager <br />1 Property Owners Notification List <br />Application <br />The property owners have requested several variances to permit construction of a new 3 bedroom <br />house with an attached 2 stall garage. The new house would replace the existing house on the <br />property. Hennepin County tax records estimate a construction date for the existing house to be <br />1900. The location for the new house would be where the existing house is located The applicants <br />have lived at the property since the 1970s, and have used the property as a single-family hobby farm <br />throughout their ownership. <br />The property is located in the RR-1A zoning district requiring a minimum lot size of 5 acres, a front <br />setback of 100' and a side setback of 50 ’. The proposed building requires several variances. /\ <br />review of each variance is listed below: <br />1. Section 10.27, Subdivision 5B -Required lot area = 5 acres <br />Actual lot area = + 1.44 acres <br />Section 10.27, Subdivision 5B - <br />3. Section 10.27, Subdivision 5B - <br />Required side setback = 50 ’ <br />Proposed setback = 42.27’ <br />Required front setback = 100' <br />Proposed setback = 53.6’