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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION 5^. <br />% <br />% <br />DATE: August 6, I^q <br />ITEM NO.:■::2 <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Michael P. Gaffron <br />Title Senior Planning Coordinator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />Item Description: #2259 Mark and Laurie Headrick, 1850 Fox Ridge Road - Variance - Denial <br />Recommendation <br />Zoning District: RR-IB, Single Family Rural Residential, 2 acre, unsewered. <br />Application: Request for side setback and front setback variances to convert existing garage to <br />a family room and add a new two car garage. <br />Pertinent Code Section <br />Section 10.28, Subd. 5(B): <br />Required side yard = 30’ (existing = 24.5’, proposed = 5') <br />Required front yard = 50’ (existing = 38.6', proposed = 36.6') <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Notice of Planning Commission Action <br />B - Letter from Adjacent Owner of 1895 Fox Ridge Rd. <br />C - Memo and Exhibits of 7/15/97 <br />Discussion <br />Please carefully review the memo and exhibits of July 15th. Briefly, applicants propose an <br />addition to be located 5’ from the side lot line where a 30’ side setback is required. The proposed <br />addition also will encroach 2’ closer to the road than the existing garage, which is at a 38.6 street <br />setback where 50' is required. <br />Planning Commission Recommendation <br />Planning Commission reviewed this application at their July meeting and on a vote of 6-0, <br />recommended denial based on the impact of the setback encroachment on the visual density and <br />character of the neighborhood, finding that the proposed 5’ side setback would leave too small a <br />separation between applicants ’ residence and that to the north. The property owner to the north <br />submitted a letter which was read at the Planning Commission meeting, objecting to the variance