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CASE # <br /> <br /> P UE LIC HEARIiVG <br />FOR A VAI'.I A NCE FROM LOT WIDTH REQUIREMENTS; <br /> (;AS !( OF FRED AND ROSE KALK <br /> Bv: ~.mv Geisler, Associate Planner <br /> <br />Backgr~) u n d: <br /> <br />Fred and Ro,",c K:~lk are rcq,tcstin~,: ~t variance to the minimum lot width requirement in the R-1 <br />Rural l)cveloping f)istr/ct in order [o build a new home for themselves on the lot adjacent to their <br />current hondo. Thc subject pr,.,perty is ~enerally located on 156th Avenue NW, east of Ramsey Blvd. <br /> <br />The f'ol.[~)winL,~ i tc~l.'; are encl{~sed t"~ r ',a)ur h-~f'onnation: <br /> <br />a) <br />b) <br />c) <br />c) <br /> <br />~itt: [;.tyou[ exhibit <br />l'rol)(:scd Vari :_~ ncc <br /> <br />Notificat-i()n <br /> <br />tn accordance: ',vitl State s:al, utc.( ltv Sta~'f attempted to noti~ all owners of property within 350 <br />feet oI" thc Subject ['t;(oloet't,,,.' o l: I:he r :qu,-:st t:or variance. <br /> <br />Obscrvathms: <br /> <br />Th~: sulo.jccl, prc, pcrl;? is appro.'(imat,;/v !).6 acres in size and is an existing lot of record. The property <br />is zoned R-I :'¢i~,.,lc [:mnilv I<.ctr~:i i.)evek;ping and is surrounded by properties with the same <br />zoning. City ( t)d,: allows dcv~/ol.mc;~t on existing lots of record that do not meet the current <br />acreage rcquircmc:~l:.s. [lowever. Ci:~v (lode does not pmrnit, without the issuance of a variance, the <br />constructi{m ,)I~ a I~{)me o~ a lot thai dx;es not meet the minimum lot width requirements. City Code <br />delSncs It~t wi,tth a:; the unili'~r~n ..vi,.ith measured at the property line abutting the street at the <br />minimum bt~il~[in[.i setback linc. T ~e ~ninimum lot width in the R-1 Rural Developing District is <br />200 l:'cct. <br /> <br />~l'hc subject l)r(~l>C:; r],; is l~)catc~l on [:4 T' Avenue NW and measures approximately 120 feet at the <br />street. '['l~c applic:tnts purch:tscd b )th lots approximately 35 years ago; the lots were subdivided <br />appr{)xiniatclv 4~/ years a? 5tarFa' ,x3:; tmable [o find any records regarding the subdivision. The <br />applicants lmv<z c,~duc~:ed :;~>il bori xUs <)n the vacant lot. While the results are not yet available, it is <br />expected ti'mt there; are 5t.lt'~C{Clq[ s tint, hie soils on the site Ibr the new house as well as a primary <br />and ;.~lt~rnatc :-;~:p[ic ~;vste~], 5tai:'f viii require that the results of the soil boring test be submi~ed <br />pri{~r lo is:;uil~g a l',~ilding 17e~ init ~k r thc vacant lot. <br /> <br /> <br />