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CASE # / g4EQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM MAXIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK AND I)R1VEWAY LENGTH REQUIREMENTS IN TOWN CENTER 12TM ADDITION; CASE OF RAMSEY TOWN CENTER, LLC, By: Sylvia Frolik, Asst. Com. Dev. Dir./HRA Exec. Dir. Background: Ramscy Town Center, LLC, is proposing to develop the proposed plat of Ramsey Town Center Addition. The development consists of 72 townhome units. The following items are enclosed Ibr your information: a) b) c) Site location map Variance Exhibit Proposed resolution for findings of fact Proposed resolution for variance Observations: ~Ihc std2iect property is zoned Town Center Sub-district TC-4b. Section 9.20.25 (3) (b) of City ('ode t:stablishes a minimum front yard setback of 0 feet and a maximum front yard setback of 25 feet, as measured from building front to sidewalk edge, right-of-way edge, or back of curb. q'bis section o£ City Code also establishes a minimum driveway length of 20 feet and a ntaximum driveway length of 25 feet. ~l'hc fi'out yard setbacks for the townhomes are generally 30 feet; most significant deviation being thc northernmost unit on Lot 1 with a setback of approximately 50 feet. The reasons for thc hardship in complying with front yard setbacks are as follows: (a) the significant grade changes between Bunker Lake Blvd. and the plat property prohibit bringing the units any closer to the street; (b) the property is too deep for rowhouses but not deep enough for back-to-back units. Ii; appcar,s fi'om the exhibit provided that all of the driveways will be at least 20 feet in length and at mt~jority of them will not exceed 25 feet in length. However, 12 of the 72 units will have driveways that exceed 25 feet in length. The most significant deviations are on Lot 3 and 10 where at couple of' the driveways are as long as 67 feet. These extraordinary lengths are a result (~:l: deal ing with a horseshoe shaped plat and curvilinear streets. Recommendation: City Stat'[' recomlnends approval of the variance.