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Commission~ adoption: introduced the following resolution and moved for its RESOLUTION #92-09- A RESO!3u'~,ION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT # RELATING TO A REQU~,STIFOR A VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT AN ADDITION TO THE ATTACHl~D GARAGE THAT WILL ENCROACH ON FRONT AND SIDE YARD ~ i SETBACKS 1. That Mr. l~ugene Dubois, hereinafter referred to as "Applicant", has properly applied for a Board; of ~djustment Variance from Section 9.20.11 of the City Code regarding the front and r~ar y~d setback requirement. 2. That t~e A~pplicant appeared before the Board of Adjustment for a public hearing pursuant to Se~/tion19.03.04 of the Ramsey City Code on September 24, 1992 and that said public hearing Was properly advertised and the minutes of said public hearing are hereby inco~ora~ed as a part of these findings by reference. 3. That ~e s~bject property is generally known as 15030 Willemite Street N.W. and is legally described hs follows: l~,t 2, Block 4, Greenland Hills, Anoka County, Minnesota. 4. That ~heilsubject property is located in the R-1 Rural Residential District and is approkimOtely one acre in size. 5. That ~ection 9.20.11 of the Ramsey City Code requires a front yard setback of forty (40) feeta,fld a ~ide yard setback of ten (10) feet in the R-1 Rural Residential Diswict. 6. That !he &pplicant is proposing to construct a 768 square foot addition to the attached garag~ tha~t will encroach the front yard setback by approximately ten (10) feet and the side yard J~etbabk by approximately seven (7) feet. 7. That ~ereJ, are umque czrcumstances applying to the Apphcant s property, namely, that the ex~sntig pDnmpal structure and attached garage were so ~naccurately s~ted on the lot at the time rJf cOhstruction that they encroached the front yard setback and virtually prohibited any futuro, ex~ansmn on the garage s~de of the property. In addmon, the subject property ~s adjacent tO.' a designated flood fringe area and it is not unusal for the rear yard to experience fioo ng, i That ~he Applicant is requesting a ten (10) foot variance from the for~y (40) foot front 8. yard setbaik a~,~d a seven (7) foot variance from the ten (]0) foot side yard requirement. 9. That ~he t4)tal square footage of the exsiting garage and the proposed garage is within the limitslestablished by City Code. 10. That ~e a~ljacent dwelling unit is located approximately twenty (20) feet from the common propeJ~'y l'me for which a variance from the setback is proposed. 11. That the Applicant has stated that the variance is necessary for the preservation of a subSt4ntia~ property right, namely, the right to expand garage space in a way that will be eonsi~tentiwith exisiting lot development.