Laserfiche WebLink
NIHUTBS OP VBB PIABHIMG COMMISSION MEETING fi <br />#1188 SHELDON KAPLAN <br />2695 KELLY AVENUE <br />SEPTEMBER 8, 1987 <br />Mr. Dahl explained that when the Kaplans purchased this <br />property in 1958, there was no minimum lot size or hardcover <br />requirements. The property taxes have always been under two <br />separate indentification numbers and been paid separately. <br />Municipal sewer and water was assessed on both lots. The <br />size of the two lots is fairly consistent with the immediate <br />neighborhood lots. Basically, they are looking for <br />flexibility in marketing the two lots as they are selling <br />their home. The hardship is that the applicants lose <br />marketability without the option to sell both lots as <br />buildable. The Kaplans have always been under the impression <br />that the second lot was buildable. He explained that when <br />the ordinances were changed to require minimum lot sizes, <br />there was a clause that stated that variances could be <br />approved for undersized lots platted prior to the adoption of <br />the ordinance to alleviate the hardship for these owers. <br />Acting Chairman Bellows noted that the Commission may not <br />consider a financial hardship as the only hardship for <br />approving a variance. She noted that the second lot is the <br />majority of the Kaplans' yard and they have in fact been <br />using it as such. She also explained that the ordinances <br />also state that when there is an oportunity to combine <br />substandard lots, that is the direction that the City <br />requires. In this case, if the two lots are combined, they <br />barely are over the 1 acre minimum. She noted that the <br />owners have other options in the sale of this lot. The City <br />may be interciLed in purchasing the property adjacent to the <br />lake access or lot may be sold to an adjacent neighbor as a <br />riparian lot as long as that owner executes a special lot <br />combination.