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<br />. ' r-C; -\) <br />( ); <br />lk\ River <br /> <br />_.L _.! 6 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> <br />~@IPPl <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />GARY SCHMITZ, ZONING ASSI.STANT G .s . <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />NOVEMBER 23, 1993 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: VARIANCE AND CONDITIONAL USE <br />PERMIT REQUEST BY WILLIAM SMITH/ <br />PUBLIC HEARING, CASE NO. V 93-9 <br />AND CASE NO. CU 93-38 <br /> <br />REQUESTED ACTION <br /> <br />Mr. Smith is requesting variances on lot size for both lots <br />being created and a conditional use permit for a zero lot line <br />development. This request is also for an administrative <br />subdivision to divide a lot containing an existing duplex into <br />two lots with a zero lot line. Only the City Council reviews <br />the administrative subdivision request, therefore, the Planning <br />Commission will be reviewing the variance and conditional use <br />permit. <br /> <br />LOCATION OF REQUEST <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />414 and 416 Upland Avenue NW, Elk River, MN. A complete legal <br />description is available at City Hall. <br /> <br />ZONING/LAND USE <br /> <br />R-2a (Two Family Residential); MR (Medium Density Residential) <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br /> <br />Location Map, Zoning Map, Proposed Site Plan, Letter from <br />Applicant, List of Property Owners. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />William Smith is proposing an administrative subdivision to an <br />existing duplex. Mr. Smith constructed the duplex in 1985. <br />The lot standards for an R-2a lot in 1985 was 30 feet in width <br />and 3,500 square feet in size. In 1990 the City changed the <br />dimensional regulations for the R-2a zoning district <br />requiring 60 feet in width and 6,000 square feet in size. Both <br />the dwelling units and the garages were built with two one-hour <br />fire walls to accommodate a future zero lot line development. <br />The one-hour fire walls were verified by staff through the 1985 <br />building permit application. Both the lots meet the current <br />City width requirement of 60 feet, however, each lot falls <br />short on the lot area requirement of 6,000 square feet. Tract <br />Al, labeled on the site plan measures 5,143 square feet and <br />tract A2 measures 4,420 square feet. Each of these lots <br />exceeded the mirtimum lot requirements when the duplex was <br />constructed in 1985. In addition, a code amendment was <br /> <br />P.o. Box 490 · 13065 Orono Parkway · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />