2008-044
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: 08-44
RESOLlJTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND
APPROVING 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 CITY COUNCIL 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 approved 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 City Council of the City of
Hopkins, Minnesota, hereby determines that the literal enforcement of the 12,000 square foot
minimum lot size in the R-I-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 4th day of August 2008.
ATTEST:
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