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2/26/24, 1:11 PM Permit List | Citizenserve <br />https://www2.citizenserve.com/Admin/PermitController?Action=ListPermits&WorkOrder_ID=88199113&ciDisplay=null&getPrint=true&skipLoading=true 1/2 <br />PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES DOCUMENTATION FORM <br />LA24-000011 <br />1. The property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by <br />the Zoning Chapter. <br />Response: Although the proposed small addition is not in compliance to the setback requirements, it is only <br />due to the fact that the house was built with approximately 70% of the footprint inside the 75’ setback. The <br />small addition DOES NOT protrude closer to the shoreline that the existing house does. <br />2. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created by the <br />landowner. <br />Response: The plight of the landowner is due to the fact that the house was permitted to be located with-in <br />the 75’ setback. If the original structure was built outside of the setback no variance would be necessary. <br />3. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. <br />Response: The small addition will blend seamlessly with the existing home and not be noticeable to the <br />general public or adjacent neighbors as an addition. <br />4. Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties if reasonable use for <br />the property exists under the terms of the Zoning Chapter. <br />Response: The requested variance is not due to economic reasons. The new homeowners seek to improve <br />the layout and flow of the home as part of a total renovation of the main level of the home. This <br />improvement requires a small addition that does not encroach beyond the current encroachment into the <br />setback. The variance is only necessary due to the original home’s construction by previous owners inside <br />the 75’ setback. <br />5. Practical difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight for <br />solar energy systems. Variances shall be granted for earth-sheltered construction as defined in <br />Minnesota Statutes, Section 116J.06, Subd. 2, when in harmony with this Chapter. <br />Response: N/A <br />6. The Board of Appeals and Adjustments or the Council may not permit as a variance any use <br />that is not allowed under this Chapter for property in the zone where the affected person's land <br />is located. <br />Response: The requested variance is expanding a single family dwelling which is in compliance with this <br />Chapter for property in this zone. We are also removing some hardcover to bring the property into <br />compliance for maximum hardcover allowable. <br />7. The Board or Council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one-family dwelling as <br />a two-family dwelling. <br />Response: N/A <br />8. The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such <br />property or immediately adjoining property. <br />Response: The new homeowner purchased this property with the intention of updating the aging property. <br />The new homeowner was not made aware that there was a 75’ setback that the home encroached. <br />66