Sideyard Variance-Addition to Structure• February 14, 1985
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STAFF FINDINGS & COMMENTS: Anderson
Case No: 85 -08
Applicant: Janet Perbix Hood
Location: 318 11th Avenue North
Request: Side yard variance for addition to structure
1. Applicant is requesting a side yard variance to construct a 5'x13' addition
to the existing building at 318 11th Avenue North. The subject site is zoned
R -1 -A.
2. Ordinance 427.31 requires a side yard of 8 feet in an R -1 -A District. The
side yard will be approximately five feet with the proposed addition.
3. The applicant is proposing to
eating space.
4. The existing building on the
appears to exceed the minimui
5. Ordinance 427.23 states that
unique to the property under
The applicant is claiming no
build the addition to the kitchen for additional
north of the subject site has a side yard that
n side yard requirements.
variances shall be approved only by circumstances
consideration would cause undue hardship to owner.
hardship because the home was built in 1921.
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FOR VARIANCE APPLICATION ONLY
NOTE:. The purpose of a variance is to provide relief to a property owner when
the strict enforecment of the Zoning Ordinance would cause an undue hard
ship to the property owner or deny reasonable use of the property.
Hardship to' the applicant is the crucial test. Variances will be granted
only in unusual situations which were not foreseen when the Zoning Ordin-
ance was adopted. Economic situations are seldom unique and are rarely
considered a valid hardship.
Hardship A.
Explain why strict enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance would cause undue
hardship:
I cannot: claim it would be a hardship after the home has
been here since 1921. The kitchen is so small there isn't
room for eating in the kitchen, so I want to extend out a
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little for sort of a porch, or let's say eating area.
Conditions B.
What are the special conditions (shape of lot, exceptional topographic
conditions, etc.) of this request that are unique to this property and
do not apply generally to other properties in the district?
I have a cement driveway alongside the house and I only
w an t to extend out to about halfway, as this driveway is
no longer used.
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List of Homeowners
Contacted by Applicant C.
neighbors
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WILLIAM D. BCHOELL
REGISTERED CIVIL ENGINEER
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TEXAS NO 35856
SCHOELL & MAOSON, iNc.
ENGINEERS 6 SURVEYORS
50 NINTH AVENUE SOUTH
HOPKINS. MINNESOTA 55343
PHONE 038-7601
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