RZ11-18 ^ CITY OF HOPHINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: RZ11-18
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF AN AREA VARIANCE FOR 115 COTTAGE DOWNS
WHEREAS, an application for Variance VN11-4 has been made by Steven Streeter, and
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for Variance VN11-14 was made by Steven Streeter
on October 14, 2011;
2. That the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission, pursuant to mailed
notice, held a meeting on the application and reviewed such application on
November 29, 2011: 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:
^ The east 40.00 feet of Lot 3 and that part of Lot 2 lying west of the east 15.00 feet
thereof, all in Block 4, KNOLLWORD, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ZONING AND PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS, MINNESOTA, that application for Variance
VN 11-4 to reduce the area for a lot from 20,000 to 18,681 square feet is hereby recommended
for approval based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That 115 Cottage Downs does have a circumstance peculiar and unique to the
parcel.
2. That the lot is unbuildable without the variance.
3. That the applicant will not have reasonable use of the property without the
granting of a variance.
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 20,000 square-foot minimum lot size in the R-1-D zoning district would cause an undue
hardship because of circumstances unique to the subject property, that the granting of the
requested variance to the extent necessary to compensate for such hardship is in keeping with the
intent of the Hopkins City Code, and that the variance of 1,319 square feet is reasonable.
Ado ted this 29th day of November 2011.
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Aaron Kuznia, Chair