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Date: March 18, 2024 Item: 5.4 <br />Presenter: Natalie Nye, Planner <br />Section: Public Hearings <br /> <br />Title: LA24-000012, Robert Breon, 2700 Casco Point Road, Variances (Natalie <br />Nye) <br /> <br /> <br />1.Purpose: <br />The applicant is requesting variances for lot area, lot width, side yard setback and front yard <br />setback in order to construct a new home with a connection to an existing nonconforming detached <br />garage. <br />2.MN§15.99 Application Deadline: <br />The application was received on February 21, 2024 and deemed complete on February 23, 2024. <br />The 60-Day timeline for review expires on April 23, 2024. <br />3.Background: <br />The applicant is proposing to demolish the existing home on the property and keep an existing <br />two-story detached garage. The existing detached garage is nonconforming as it relates to front <br />yard and side yard setbacks. The applicant is proposing to construct a new home that connects to <br />the existing nonconforming structure and requests variances from front and side yard setback <br />requirements as the home will be 20 feet from the front property line and 2.4 feet from the side <br />property line. The new home will expand the nonconformity as the structure will have an <br />expanded second story above the existing garage space. The subject property is nonconforming in <br />lot width and lot size for the LR-1C zoning district and therefore for the construction of a new <br />home to take place on the property, variances from lot width and lot size are also required and <br />requested. <br />4.Staff Recommendation: <br />Staff is supportive of the requested variances for lot area, lot width, front yard and side yard <br />setback in order to construct a new single-family home. <br />5.Planning Commission Action Requested: <br />The Planning Commission should review the application and discuss the expansion of the second <br />story above the existing garage. The Planning Commission should motion to approve the <br />application with any conditions deemed necessary. <br />AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Exhibits <br />Exhibit A - Staff Report <br />Exhibit B - Application <br />Exhibit C - Narrative <br />81