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Application Complete: <br />60 Day Deadline: <br />2/20/03 <br />4/21/03 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Department Approval: <br />Name: Jennifer Chaput <br />Title: City Planner <br />Item Description: <br />Exhibits: <br />A Resolution <br />#03-2875 Sandra Ann Benson <br />13 7 6 Baldur Park Road <br />Variances <br />B Staff Report and exhibits of 3/17 /03 <br />Application Summary: <br />DATE: March 18,2003 <br />ITEM NO. <br />Agenda Section: Zoning <br />The applicant requests the following variances to reconstruct and expand the roof of an existing <br />principal structure and replace windows and doors on the second story: <br />1. Expand po1iion of principal structure located 25.1' from the OHWL of Lake <br />Minnetonka where 7 5' is required; <br />2. A side yard setback of 6.6' where 10' is required; and <br />3. A 48.7' encroachment into the average lakeshore setback. <br />Pertinent Code Sections: <br />1. Section 10.22, Subd. 2 and Section 10.56, Subd. 16 (C)(l): Structure within 75': Structures <br />shall be set back a minimum of75' from the OHWL of Lake Minnetonka(929.4'). (Request: <br />To allow expansion of the principal structure located 25.1' from the OHWL of Lake <br />Minnetonka where 75' is required). <br />2. Section 10.25, Subd. 6 (B): Yard Requirements: The following minimum requirements <br />shall be observed: side yard 10 feet. (Request: To allow a side yard setback of 6.6' where 10' <br />is required). <br />3. Section 10.22, Subd. 1 (B) and Section 10.56, Subd. 16 (C)(6): Average Lakeshore <br />Setback: The average lakeshore setback line shall be a straight line connecting the most <br />lakeward protrusions of the residence buildings on the immediately adjacent lakeshore lots. <br />(Request: To allow a 48.7' encroachment into the average lakeshore setback). <br />PLANNING COMMISSION: <br />Planning Commission recommended by a 5 to O vote as follows: <br />Approval of the requested variances to reconstruct and expand the roof of the existing principal <br />structure with the following conditions: <br />1. Due to substandard setback of the principal residence from the OHWL, the applicant <br />must develop an appropriate landscape plan for the lakeside of the residence to mitigate <br />the visual impact of the structure as it is viewed from the lake; and <br />2. If structural removals exceed what is shown on the proposed plans, further review by the <br />Planning Commission and City Council will be required.