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Richard Lundberg Page 2 May 24, 1994 III also involves a variance because his existing attached two car garage and proposed detached shed will exceed 2,000 square feet in size. The detached shed will be used to shelter Mr. Lundberg's horses. VARIANCE Mr. Lundberg is proposing to construct a 2,268 square foot detached metal skin accessory building on his parcel. Recently, the City of Elk River passed an ordinance amendment allowing 2,000 square feet of attached and detached garage space for parcels zoned Rla. The rationale for changing this ordinance was due to the high number of requests to exceed the minimum accessory structure standards throughout the past 2 years and the lack of any standard to gauge each request by. A variance is now the mechanism to exceed this standard. Please keep in mind that a valid hardship must be shown before a variance can be approved and that this request may set a precedence for future accessory structure requests. Mr. Lundberg currently has an 576 square foot attached, two car garage. Adding a 2,268 square foot detached accessory building, the applicant would have a total of 2,844 square feet of garage area. Mr. Lundberg has responded II/ to the five findings required when requesting a variance. It is staffs opinion that this particular request clearly does not meet the hardship standards and is recommending denial of the variance application. If this proposal is denied, Mr. Lundberg will still have the ability to construct a 1,424 square foot detached accessory building to shelter his horses. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT Mr. Lundberg is proposing to construct a 36 foot by 63 foot detached accessory building on his 10.3 acre parcel. The location is noted on the attached site plan. The proposed shed will be located 140 feet from the neighboring home to the north. The main reason Mr. Lundberg chose this location is that he already has a driveway to access this location. The parcel is somewhat restricted for a building site due to a 50 foot gas easement, which runs diagonally through the property. Mr. Lundberg would like to keep the shelter close to his house for convenience purposes. The property to the north does have a row of pine trees which would act as a buffer. There does appear to be room to move the shed closer to the gas easement and thereby increase the setback distance from the neighboring dwelling. If this proposal is approved, staff recommends the detached shed be shifted as close to the north line of the gas easement as possible. This would enable Mr. IIILundberg to use the existing driveway to access the accessory structure and increase the setback from the neighboring home. lundberg.pc