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REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />TO ITEM NUMBER <br />Ci Council 5.2. <br />AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY <br />Communi Develo ment Au st 15, 2011 Chris Leeseber ,Park Planner-Planner <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By <br />Consider Request by Jerome and Jean Hendrickx, 21144 Twin erem Barnhart, Plannin Mana er <br />Lakes Road for Variance -Accessory Structure Regulations, REVIEWED BY <br />Case No. V 11-01 -Public Hearing Robert Thistle, Interim City <br /> Administrator <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br />Staff recommends that the City Council deny the appeal, as illustrated on drawings dated 7/5/11, for the <br />following reason: <br />1. The application does not meet all of the variance criteria set forth in Section 30-635, <br />specifically Criteria #1, 3 & 4. <br />2. There are other solutions that do not require a variance. <br />OVERVIEW <br />The subject property is 18.28 acres in size with four accessory structures totaling 14,876 square feet. The <br />parcel appears to have been 20 acres in size but when Sherburne County upgraded County Road 13, the <br />property lost some acreage and separated the property into two parts. <br />Existing Garage: 676 sgft (this is the structure they avant to replace avith a 45x40 building 1,800 sgft) <br />Structure #1: 3,640 sgft <br />Structure #2: 5,700 sgft <br />Structure #3: 4,860 sgft <br />The ordinance, for this property, allows only two detached accessory structures not to exceed 8,000 <br />square feet total of attached and detached accessory structures. <br />There are currently four structures totaling 14,876 sgft. <br />They are requesting four structures totaling 16,000 sgft. <br />Allowed by zoning code are two structures totaling 8,000 sgft. <br />BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS <br />The Board of Adjustments denied the variance request for the reason that the application did not meet all <br />of the variance criteria set forth in Section 30-635. <br />The applicant spoke regarding the poor condition of the subject garage, financial hardships, their <br />daughter's mobility issues, and the loss of some property with the County road project. <br />N:\Depaztments\Community Development\Planning\Case Files\Variance\V 11-01 Hendrickx\V 11-01_CC.doc <br />