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The proposed residence meets all setbacks in the LR-IB zoning district. The proposed residence meets structural and hardcover coverage requirements of city ordinances. Discussion: When land use applications requiring lot area and/or lot width variances are submitted and reviewed a condition (hardship) looked at is whether there is land available to combine to make the property conforming. This property does not have land available to combine in order for it to meet conformity. This property has been vacant and owned by the adjacent property owTier since the early 1 980 ’s. The lot was part of the Bergquists’s Addition to Saga Hill subdivision. The Bergquists’s Addition to Sage Hill took place in the 1950 ’s. The Bergquists’s Addition to Saga Hill included land along North Shore Drive which was subdivided into 9 lots of similar size. The subject lot was never built on. The properties in the Bergquist’s Addition met the zoning standards of the time. Under current zoning standards the area is zoned LR-IB (Single Family Lakeshore) -1 acre lots. All of the other lots in this subdivision have remained approximately half acre in size. This lot continues to be in character with the surrounding properties. The city does NOT have an ordinance requiring that 2 lots have to be combined if they are owned by the same person. The ordinances do not prohibit the sale of vacant substandard commonly owned lots except in unsewered areas. However, in order to build on the property it must meet all other zoning standards, (i.e. yard setbacks, hardcover and lot coverage by structures). Note that except for a sliver of existing driveway and a portion of a small shed, the property has not been encroached upon nor used to support development on the adjacent previously commonly-owned lot. Sewer. The property was separately assessed for sewer footage and provided with a sewer stub in 1970. Because it was vacant at that time, it was not charged the uiut fee. The unit fee due if the property is developed is $6,703 for 2002. Access from North Shore Drive: Currently there is not access to the property from North Shore Drive. Because North Shore Drive is a county road, Hennepin County decides where access should be located. A copy of the application was sent to Dave Zetterstrom at Hennepin County regarding the access. At the writing of this report comments had not been received from Hennepin County. The applicant will need to get approval from Hennepin County before bringing access to the property, (and before building permits could be issued). »02~2S28 Tony Lund 4515 North Shore Drive (vacant lot) Variances 9/9/2002 Page 2 of 3