Res 2003- 91 Denying Variance @ 825 Bluebill DrCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 03-91
A RESOLUTION DENYING A SIZE VARIANCE
FOR A GARAGE ADDITION AT 825 BLUEBILL DRIVE
WHEREAS, Dan Stoven has applied for a Size Variance for a Garage Addition at 825
Bluebill Drive [Rogers Lakeside East Lot 15 Block 2, PID #27-64600-150-02] as proposed in
Planning Case #03-43; and
WHEREAS, The Planning Commission held a public hearing on this application at their
regular meeting on August 26, 2003; and
WHEREAS, The Planning Commission voted 4-0 (with three Commissioners excused)
to recommend that the Council deny the Size Variance for a Garage Addition as presented to the
Planning Commission on the evening of August 26, 2003 and as shown in Planning Case #03-43.
NOW, THE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Mendota Heights that a Size Variance for a Garage Addition for 825 Bluebill Drive as
proposed in Planning Case #03-43 is hereby denied based on the following considerations:
1. The proposed addition to the structure is out of character with the neighborhood, and the
variance would alter the essential character of the locality; the request is therefore
unreasonable.
2. There is lack of hardship for such a variance. The property owner's need of a variance
was not created by some condition of the land itself but by the property owners
themselves.
The current city ordinances allow for outside storage of recreational vehicles, and a
garage addition is not necessary.
4. The property owner testified his need for a garage was purely economic regarding
preserving the condition of his recreational vehicle.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Variance for the garage as proposed in
Planning Case #03-43 would have an adverse impact onrthe health, safety, and general welfare of
the citizens of the community and the surrounding land; and would be adverse to the general
purpose and intent of the Zoning Ordinance.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights
This 16th day of September, 2003.
ATTEST: CITY CO IL
CITY OF A G TS
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Kathleen M. Swanson, City Clerk John e , M