RZ08-04 CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
''" RESOLUTION NO: RZ08-4
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF AN AREA VARIANCE
WHEREAS, an application for Variance VN08-1 has been made by Charles Watts; and
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for Variance VN08-1 was made by Charles Watts on
July 14, 2008;
2. That the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission, pursuant to mailed
notice, held a meeting on the application and reviewed such application on
July 29, 2008: 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:
Lots 9 and 10, Block 4, F.A. Savages Interlachen Park
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ZONING AND PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS, MINNESOTA, that application for Variance
� VN08-1 to reduce the area for a lot from 12,000 to 10,640 square feet is hereby recommended
for approval based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That 133 Oakwood 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 12,000 square foot minimum lot size in the R-1-C 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 1,360 square feet is reasonable.
Adopted this 29th day of July 2008.
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yle Skiermont, Chair
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