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•V:- <br />rv-.- <br />fel.rp <br />II ■ <br />\m it-- <br />m <br />1 yL u 5! <br />Variance Application Supplement <br />DATES May 21, 1991 <br />TOi Planning Commission and City Council Members <br />FRONt James and Amy Laing <br />REt OM P.I.D. #38 02-117-23 31 0012 <br />A review of our property survey and proposed <br />identified the need for three setback variances <br />proceed with our plans. <br />additions has <br />if we are to <br />The underlying issue arises from the fact that we are living in a <br />RR-IB single family residential zoning district, requiring a <br />minimum lot sise of 2 acres, whereas, the lot we are proposing to <br />develop on (Minnetonka Bluffs Block 13, lots 22, 23, 24) is less <br />than one-half acre in size. <br />X will address each Variance separately and <br />circtimstances unique to the property and request. <br />explain the <br />7lie proooscKl family room and attached garage addition on the <br />enclosed plans %«ould require two variances. I would like to <br />address the set-back along the north side of the property <br />(Dickenson St.) first. The current garage is sot so close to <br />the street that cars parked in the driveway stick out into the <br />road. As a result, cars driving by are required to steer <br />around these obstacles. This is further complicated by our <br />garage being situated on the crest of a hill and an alley and <br />neighboring driveway entering Dickenson at approximately this <br />same location. In addition to the congestion, the garage and <br />cars obscure the vision of drivers leaving the alley. There <br />was an accident at precisely this location two years ago. By <br />placing the garage back an additional 20 feet and changing our <br />entrance to the garage to enter and exit from the alley, all <br />of these safety concerns could be eliminated. Finally, <br />although the proposal places the new family room and garage 20 <br />feet from the property line, in reality it would be <br />ai^roximately 3S feet back from the edge of the Dickenson St. <br />The second variance issue relates to the property line to the <br />east along the alley, what is unique to this situation is <br />that we also own the property (lots 1,2,3) to the east. It has <br />been recoamended we begin proceedings to legally combine all <br />6 lots for tax purposes (if allowed). If %#e are siKrcessful <br />there will not be a need for a variance. <br />asii