Resolution - #14-10-208 Planning - 10/09/2014

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Commissioner Bauer introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #14 -10 -208 RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #0937 RELATING TO A REQUEST FROM JAMES AND PATRICIA HIRSCHMAN FOR A VARIANCE TO HEIGHT OF FENCE WITHIN FRONT YARD SETBACK AT 5859 ALPINE DR NW WHEREAS, James and Patricia Hirschman, hereinafter referred to as the "Applicant," have properly applied for a variance from Section 117 -111 (R -1 Residential District) of the Ramsey City Code to construct a privacy fence six (6) feet in height within the front yard setback on the property generally known as 5859 Alpine Dr NW and legally described as follows: That part of the south 255.22 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, as measured along east line thereof, of Section 23, Township 32, Range 25 lying easterly of the center line of CSAH No 5, except east 500 feet thereof, except road subject to eastment of record, Anoka County, Minnesota. (the "Subject Property "). NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1. That the Subject Property is approximately 0.77 acres in size and is located in the R -1 Residential (MUSA) zoning district. 2. That the Subject Property is surrounded by properties also zoned R -1 Residential (MUSA), except to the south, which parcel is zoned B -1 Business. 3. That the Subject Property is bound on its west by County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 5 and its south by Alpine Drive NW. 4. That Anoka County is reconstructing the intersection of CSAH 5 and Alpine Drive (the "Construction "). 5. That the Construction has resulted in the relocation of the driveway on the Subject Property to a new area further east along Alpine Drive. 6. That the Construction has also resulted in a loss of trees along the property lines of the Subject Property adjacent to CSAH 5 and Alpine Drive. 7. That, in order to reconstitute the screening that the removed trees provided, the Applicant is proposing to construct a six (6) foot high privacy fence on the Subject Property consistent with what is shown in Exhibit A attached hereto.