Resolution - #94-03-051 - 03/17/1994

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Board Member Holland introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #94-03-051 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT g0356 RELATING TO A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE CLOSER TO THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE THAN THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE WHEREAS, Benjamin Deemer, hereinafter referred to as "Applicant", has properly applied for a Board of Adjustment variance from Section 9.11.02 of the Ramsey City Code to construct an accessory structure that will be located closer to the front property line than the principal structure on the property generally known as 14501 Sunfish Lake Blvd. N.W. and is legally described as follows: All that part of Government Lot 3, Section 26, Township 32, Range 25, Anoka County, Minnesota, described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Government Lot 3; thence North 89 degrees, 21 minutes, 13 seconds East (assumed bearing) along the Southerly line of said Government Lot 3 a distance of 984.60 feet; thence North and parallel with the West line of said Government Lot 3 a distance of 524.00 feet to the most Southerly comer of the tract described in Bock 733 Deeds, Page 295; thence North 50 degrees, 23 minutes, 40 seconds West a distance of 253 feet, more or less, to the shoreline of Sunfish Lake; thence Southeasterly, Southerly, Westerly, and Northwesterly along said shoreline of Sunfish Lake to its intersection with the South line of that part of the North 802.00 feet of said Government Lot 3 lying Westerly of Sunfish Lake; thence Westerly along said South line of the North 802.00 feet of Government Lot 3 to its intersection with the West line of said Government Lot 3; thence South along said West line to the point of beginning: Excepting therefrom the Town Road described in Book 60, Page 86; Also except County Road Number 57 as delineate4:on ANOKA COUNTY HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY PLAT NO. 1; Also excepting~ the parcel described as a 66 foot wide road easement in Book 745, Page 439. //~ NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 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 March 17, 1994 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. That the subject property is zoned R-1 Rural Residential and is approximately seven (8) acres in size; however that continguous portion of the subject property south of Sunfish Lake Drive N.W. and east of Sunfish Lake Blvd. N.W. on which the principal structure is located is approximately six (6) acres in size. o That the property to the north, south and east of the subject property is zoned R-1 Rural Residential and the property on the west side of Sunfish Lake Blvd. N.W. is zoned Industrial. That Section 9.11.02 of the Ramsey City Code prohibits the construction of accessory structures closer to the front property line than the principal structm'e.