RZ13-05 CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
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RESOLUTION NO: RZ13-5
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL
OF A 16.9' REAR YARD VARIANCE AT 6 MANITOBA ROAD
WHEREAS, an application for Variance VN13-2 has been made by Jane and David
Kirshbaum, and
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for Variance VN13-2 was made by Jane and David
Kirshbaum on May 23, 2013;
2. That the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission, pursuant to mailed
notice, held a meeting on the application and reviewed such application on
June 25, 2013: all persons present were given an opportunity to be heard;
3. That the written comments and analysis of the City staff were considered;
and,
4. Legal description of the parcel is as follows:
Lot 12 Block 2 Bellgrove
^ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ZONING AND PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS, MINNESOTA, that application for Variance
VN13-2 to reduce the rear yard setback from 40 feet to 23.1' far the proposed addition is hereby
recommended for approval based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That the applicants do have a circumstance peculiar and unique to the parcel.
2. That the existing rear yard setback is not the required setback of 40 feet.
3. That there are practical difficulties with the proposed porch.
4. That the variance will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood.
BASED ON THE FOREGOING FINDINGS OF FACT, the Zoning and Planning
Commission of the City of Hopkins, Minnesota, hereby determines that the literal enforcement
of the 40-foot rear yard setback in the R-1-E zoning district would cause practical difficulties
because of circumstances unique to the subject property, that ganting of the requested variance
to the extent necessary to compensate for such practical difficulties is in keeping with the intent
of the Hopkins City Code, and that the variance of 16.9 is reasonable.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that application for variance VN13-2 is hereby
recommended for approval based on the following condition:
1. That the screened porch is never converted to an addition with windows,
� insulation and heat.
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Ado ed this 25th day of June 2013.
Aa n Kuznia, Chair
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