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Date Application Received: 4/20/16 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 5/6/16 <br />60-Day Review Period Expires: 7/5/16 <br />To: Chair Theisse and Planning Commission Members <br />Jessica Loftus, City Administrator <br />From: Mike Gaffron, Senior Planner <br />Date: May 12, 2016 <br />Subject: #16-3830, Zehnder Homes, Inc., 1220 Dickenson St. - Variances <br />‐ Public Hearing <br />Zoning District: RR-1B, One Family Rural Residential, 2.0 acre/200’ min. width <br />Lot Area/ Width: 13,533 s.f. (0.31 acre) / 100’ 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 />Exhibit 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-1B 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 2011. 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-1B <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 />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 for <br />approval may be in order. <br />Item #6 <br />Item #06 - PC Agenda - 05/16/2016 <br />File #16-3830 [Total Pages 24]