HomeMy WebLinkAbout7109 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1982/04/19RESOLUTION NO. 7109
A RESOLUTION GRANTING VARIANCE -IN FRONT -AND SIDE YARD SETBACKS -FROM
SECTION 14-155(3)(f) AND 14-187(3)(g) OF THE- ORDINANCE CODE RELATING TO
ZONING TO PERMIT 'A' FRONT'"YAi1D`'SETRACE' OF'ZERO'' FEET INSTEAD OF' THE —`ti"p,.;
REQUIRED SIX FEET ANI) A VARIABLE OF FROM 2-6'FEET ON THE EAST SIDE-
YARD
IDEYARD SETBACK INS'I''EAI) OF THE- REQUIR'ED SIX FEET IN THE B-2, GENERAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT AT 8200 MINNETONKA BOULEVARD -
BE IT RESOLVED BY the City Council of St. Louis Park, Minnesota:
Findings
1. General Realty and Texa-Tonka Lanes, Inc: have applied for a variance frm
Section 14-155(3)(f) and 14-187(3)(g) of the Ordinance Code relating.to zoning_ to permit
front and side -yard setbacks of zero feet instead of -the required six feet fora bowling:
alley located in the -13-2, General Business District at the following, location, to -wit:
Tracts A, B, and C, Registered Land Survey 176; also Lots 24 to- 28
inclusive, Block 4, Texa-Tonka Addition and the North 160 feet of the
South 293 feet of the East 130 feet of the West' 357 8/10 feet of the
Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 7, Township 117, Range 21
2. The Board of Zoning Appeals has reviewed the application for a variance -
(Case No. 82 -16 -VAR) and has recommended to the City Council that the application
be granted.
3. The Council has- considered the effect of the proposed variance- upon • the
health, safety and welfare 'of the community, existing and anticipated traffic conditions,
light and air, danger of fire, risk to the public safety, the effect on values of property
in the surrounding area, and the effect of the proposed variance upon the Comprehensive
Plan.
4. Because of conditions on the subject property and on the surrounding property,
it is possible to use- the subject property in such a way that the proposed variance will
not impair ah adequate supply of light and air, to adjacent property, unreasonably
increase the congestion in the public streets, increase the danger of fire, endanger the
public safety, unreasonably diminish or impair health, safety, comfort, morals, or in
any other respect be contrary to the intent of the Zoning Ordinance and the
Comprehensive Plan. -
5. The speeial conditions applying to the structure or land in question are
peculiar to such property or immediately adjoining property and do not apply generally
to other land or- structures in the district inr which such land is located.
6. The granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment
of a substantial property right of the applicant. It will not merely serve as a convenience
to the applicant but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable hardship or difficulty.
7. The following conditions and safeguards are necessary in order to insure and
will in fact insure that there will be no unreasonably adverse consequences to the
granting of the variance:
1. That a continuous concrete curb set two feet north of the
south property line be constructed to allow angle parking
without overhanging the property line and that a bond be
posted for 100% of the .cost of the barrier, to be held until
completion.
2. That a landscaped setback, consisting of sodding and
shrubbery, six feet in width on the south end tapering to two
feet on the north end be provided and that a bond be posted
for 100% of the cost of the landscaping.
Conclusion
The application for variances for a front yard setback of zero feet and a side- yard
setback of six feet°tapering. to two feet on the east side are granted subject to the
conditions in Finding!,N6._ 7; above.
Adopted by the City Council April 19, 1982
- Mayor
ATTEST:
ity Clerk
Reviewed for Administration:
,e€ PO-eAez,
Approved as to form and legality:
y Manager/`City Attorney
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