Res 2013- 62 Approve Variance Commerce Dr & LeMay Ave Southern BoundaryCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2013 - 62
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PARKING SETBACK VARIANCE OF TEN
FEET ALONG COMMERCE DRIVE AND THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF
THE SITE AT THE UNADDRESSED PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE
SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF COMMERCE DRIVE AND LEMAY AVENUE
IN THE MENDOTA HEIGHTS BUSINESS PARK.
WHEREAS, Scannell Properties 162, LLC has applied for a variance to the parking
setback requirement along Commerce Drive and the southern boundary of the site for the
unaddressed property located at the southwest quadrant of Commerce Drive and Lemay Avenue
in the Mendota Heights Business Park (PID 27- 48273 -02 -010, Lot 1, Block 2 Mendota Heights
Business Park 41h Addition) as proposed in planning case 2013-13; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on this matter at their
regular meeting August 27, 2013.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mendota Heights City Council that a
variance to the parking setbacks as proposed in planning case 2013-13 is hereby approved with
the condition that the applicant work with City staff to enhance the landscaping along the
parking area and the following findings of fact:
1. Full "front-yard" setbacks on both north and south property lines restrict the ability to
design parking areas on the south side of the building accessible to the proposed office.
2. A 10-foot parking setback is not uncommon in the immediate neighborhood for industrial
property.
3. Additional landscaping along the parking boundary will help to mitigate the impacts of
the parking area encroachment along the west frontage.
4. Parcels across Conunerce Drive from this encroachment are not likely to be impacted by
the variance as proposed.
5. Use of the property is a reasonable one for the site in question, and adhering to the
additional parking setbacks on both frontages interferes with this reasonable use.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this third day of September, 2013.
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RESOLUTION 2013 - 62
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Recorded on: 9/10/2013 02:01:03PM
By: DMB, Deputy
Joel T. Beckman County Recorder
Dakota County, MN
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PARKING SETBACK VARIANCE OF TEN
FEET ALONG COMMERCE DRIVE AND THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF
THE SITE AT THE UNADDRESSED PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE
SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF COMMERCE DRIVE AND LEMAY AVENUE
IN THE MENDOTA HEIGHTS BUSINESS PARK.
WHEREAS, Scannell Properties 162, LLC has applied for a variance to the parking
setback requirement along Commerce Drive and the souther boundary of the site for the
unaddressed property located at the southwest quadrant of Commerce Drive and Lemay Avenue
in the Mendota Heights Business Park (PID 27- 48273 -02 -010, Lot 1, Block 2 Mendota Heights
Business Park 01 Addition) as proposed in planning case 2013 -13; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on this matter at their
regular meeting August 27, 2013.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mendota Heights City Council that a
variance to the parking setbacks as proposed in planning case 2013 -13 is hereby approved with
the condition that the applicant work with City staff to enhance the landscaping along the
parking area and the following findings of fact:
1. Full "front- yard" setbacks on both north and south property lines restrict the ability to
design parking areas on the south side of the building accessible to the proposed office.
2. A 10 -foot parking setback is not uncommon in the immediate neighborhood for industrial
property.
3. Additional landscaping along the parking boundary will help to mitigate the impacts of
the parking area encroachment along the west frontage.
4. Parcels across Commerce Drive from this encroachment are not likely to be impacted by
the variance as proposed.
5. Use of the property is a reasonable one for the site in question, and adhering to the
additional parking setbacks on both frontages interferes with this reasonable use.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this third day of September, 2013.
CITY COUNCIL
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Lorri Smith, City Clerk
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF DAKOTA S.s.
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
I, Lorri Smith, being the duly appointed City Clerk of the City of Mendota
Heights, do hereby certify that the attached Resolution 2013-62 Approve Variance
Commerce Drive & LeMay Avenue Southern Boundary is an exact copy of said
Resolution on file in my office adopted by the Mendota Heights City Council on
September 3, 2013.
Signed and sealed by my hand on this 9th day ?f September 2013.
Lorri Smith
City Clerk
(SEAL)
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