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Date Application Received: 4/20/16 ����I <br /> Date Application Considered as Complete: 5/6/16 �� � <br /> 60-Dap Review Period Expires: 7/5/16 I <br /> �� <br /> To: Chair Theisse and Planning Commission Members \`.�� c.` <br /> Jessica Loftus, City Administratar �`�'�"ES"0��-' <br /> From: Mike Gaffron, Senior Planner Item#6 <br /> Date: May 12, 2016 <br /> Subject: #16-3830, Zehnder Homes, Inc., 1220 Dickenson St. - Variances <br /> - Public Hearing <br /> Application Summary: The applicant requests variances for lot area, lot width, front <br /> setback, side setback, side street setback and structural lot coverage for construction of a <br /> new residence on the property. <br /> Staff Recommendation: If Planning Commission determines that the practical <br /> difficulties test is met and the variances are justified, then a recommendation far <br /> approval may be in order. <br /> Zoning District: RR-1B, One Family Rural Residential, 2.0 acre/200' min. width <br /> Lot Area/Width: 13,533 s.£ (0.31 acre) / ]00' defined width <br /> List of Exhibits <br /> Exhibit A. Application <br /> Exhibit B. Description of Request <br /> Exhibit C. Survey/Site Plan and Enlarged Survey/Site Plan <br /> Exhibit D. Proposed Building Plans <br /> Exhibit E. Practical Difficulties Documentation Form <br /> E�ibit F. Hardcover Worksheets <br /> Exhibit G. Adjacent Owners Acknowledgements <br /> Exhibit H. Plat Map <br /> Exhibit I. Property Owners List <br /> Exhibit J. Neighborhood & Site Airphotos <br /> Exhibit K. Sketch: Setbacks Per RR-1 B District <br /> Background <br /> The applicant Zehnder Homes is planning to construct a new home on this vacant lot. The <br /> property previously contained a home which was demolished in 201 L The lot is just <br /> under 1/3 acre in the RR-1B 2-acre zone, and is a corner lot with the Keene Avenue <br /> frontage defined as front (applicant has the option to have the future home on the site <br /> addressed as Keene Avenue). The property has sewer available and there is an existing <br /> well on the site which is anticipated to be reused. <br /> Applicant is requesting a number of variances, as the buildable envelope under RR-1 B <br /> setback standards is approximately 35' x 20' (see Exhibit K). Developed lots in the <br /> Minnetonka Bluffs neighborhood range from approximately 1/10 acre to just over 1 acre <br /> in area. Applicant is requesting variances for lot area and width; front setback; side <br /> setback; and side street setback. The property is in Hardcover Tier 3 which would allow <br />