RZ13-04 CITY OF HOPKINS
` Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: RZ13-4
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF A FRONT YARD VARIANCE AT 143 NINTH AVENUE NORTH
WHEREAS, an application for Variance VN13-1 has been made by Gregory Skowronek,
and
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for Variance VN13-1 was made by Gregory
Skowronek on May 3, 2013;
2. That the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission, pursuant to mailed
notice, held a meeting on the application and reviewed such application on
May 28, 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 23, Block 80, West Minneapolis 2°d Division
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ZONING AND PLANNING
�` COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS, MINNESOTA, that application for Variance
VN13-1 to reduce the front yard setback from 25 feet to 19'10" for the proposed addition is
hereby recommended for approval based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That 143 Ninth Avenue North does have a circumstance peculiar and unique
to the parcel.
2. That the existing setback was not created by the applicant.
3. That the existing setback of livable area in the house is 19' 10" from the lot
line.
4. That there are practical difficulties in setting the house back 25 feet with the
roof and floar trusses.
5. 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 25-foot front yard setback in the R-1-A zoning district would cause practical difficulties
because of circumstances unique to the subject property, that the granting of the requested
variance to the extent necessary to compensate far such practical difticulties is in keeping with
the intent of the Hopkins City Code, and that the variance of 5' 2" is reasonable.
Adop ed this 28th day of May 2013.
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aron Kuznia, Chair