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Board Member introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION//98-10- RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT// RELATING TO A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE NEARER THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE THAN THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE WHEREAS, Lawrence and Sherrie Thole, hereinafter referred to as "Applicants," have properly applied for a variance from Section 9.11.02 of the Ramsey City Code to construct an accessory garage nearer the front property line than the principal structure on the property generally known as 17440 Gibbon Street N.W. and legally described as follows: Lot 3, Block 1, DEERWOOD, Anoka County, Minnesota NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: That the Board of Adjustment conducted a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.05 of the Ramsey City Code on October 6, 1998, and that said public hearing was properly advertised, and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated as a part of these findings by reference. 2. That the subject property is zoned R-1 Rural Residential and is approximately 3.3 acres in size. 3. That the subject property is surrounded by R-1 Rural Residential zoning developed with single family homes. 4. That Section 9.11.02 of the Ramsey City Code does not permit the construction of accessory structures nearer the front property line than the principal structure. 5. That the principal structure on the subject property is approximately 222 feet from the front property line. 6. That there is a barn on the Subject Property that is nearer the front property line than the principal structure for which the City granted a variance in 1986. That when the Applicants assumed ownership of the property, there was a garage on the Subject Property that was considered non-conforming because it was constructed approximately 110 feet closer to the front property line than the home, without benefit of a variance.