Meeting Date: October 15, 2020
To: Members of the Zoning Board of Appeals
From: Mikayla Schmidt, City Planner
Title
Consider Resolution for a Variance Request for the First Phase of the Bluff View Subdivision.
Body
Action Requested:
The Zoning Board of Appeals is requested to approve allowing three quad-lots (fronting and on the north side of Ford Street) to be constructed with street-facing attached garages for the first phase of the Bluff View Subdivision.
Summary Report:
Johnson Reiland Remodelers & Builders, Inc. requests a variance for the first phase of Bluff View Subdivision. The first phase will create five twin-home lots and three quad-lots on land located where Ford St. S. terminates to the west. The units planned to be built on the quad-lots will be designed to be zero-entry accessibility, which are aimed at supporting the senior and disabled populations.
The variance request is from Section 2.9.15(A)(d) - which states garages are to be located to the side or rear of the building. Johnson Reiland is requesting a variance from this to the three quad-lots homes (fronting and on the north side of Ford Street) to be constructed with street-facing attached garages rather than garages located to the side or rear of the building.
The criteria for approving a variance, according to Section 5.5.16(C), are as follows:
(1) Pursuant to Minn. Stat. ?462.357, Subd 6, as it may be amended from time to time, the zoning board of appeals may only grant applications for variances where practical difficulties in complying with this LDC (Land Development Code) exist and each of the following criteria are satisfied:
(a) The variance is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of this LDC; and,
(b) The variance is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan; and
(c) The property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by this LDC; and
(d) The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to the property not...
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