Resolution - #01-11-403 - 11/05/2001

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Board Member Johnson introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #01 -11 -403 RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #0584 RELATING TO A REQUEST FROM CHAD AND MICHELLE HOUDE FOR A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENCE TO ENCROACH EIGHT AND A HALF FEET INTO THE REAR YARD SETBACK AND AN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING STRUCTURE ENCROACH TWENTY FEET INTO THE REAR YARD SETBACK ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6831 146 CIRCLE. WHEREAS, Chad and Michelle Houde, hereinafter referred to as "Applicants," have properly applied for a Board of Adjustment variance from Section 9.20.12 of the Ramsey City Code to allow for the existing residence to encroach eight and a half feet into the rear yard setback and an addition to the existing structure to encroach twenty feet into the rear yard setback on the property located at 6831 146 Circle and legally described as follows: Lot 25, Block 1, Regency Ponds, Anoka County, Minnesota ( "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 Applicant appeared before the Board of Adjustment for a public hearing pursuant to Section 9.03.05 of the Ramsey City Code on November 5, 2001, 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 -1U Single Family Residential Urban. 3. That the Subject Property is surrounded by R -1U Single Family Residential Urban zoning to the north, south, and west. To the west, the property is bounded by land designated I, Industrial, and is the former landfill site. 4. That the existing structure was constructed in 1998 and encroaches 8.5 feet into the rear yard setback. 5. There is no evidence that a variance was granted by the City of Ramsey to allow the existing structure encroachment. 6. That the Applicant is proposing to construct a 336 square foot addition to the existing principal structure that will be approximately 15 feet from the rear property line. • 7. That Section 9,20.11 of the Ramsey City Code requires a 35 -foot rear yard setback.