Res 2008-20 Approving Variance/Lot Line Adj @ 760 Upper Colonial DrCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 08-20
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT AND VARIANCES
TO LOT WIDTH AND AREA AT 760 UPPER COLONIAL DRIVE
WHEREAS, Walter Awada and Tad and Susan Anzion have applied for a Lot
Line Adjustment to resolve an existing property encroachment [PIN: 27-17150-080-07;
Lot 8, Block 7, Cherry Hill and 27-17150-070-07; Lot 7, Block 7 Cherry Hill] as
proposed in Planning Case #08-09; and
WHEREAS, The Planning Commission held a public hearing on this application
at their regular meeting on March 25, 2008; and
WHEREAS, The Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Council
approve Lot Line Adjustment and Variances to lot width and lot area as presented to the
Planning Commission on the evening of March 25, 2008 and as shown in Planning Case
#08-09.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Mendota Heights that Lot Split at 1900 Wachtler Ave as proposed in Planning
Case #08-09 is hereby approved with the following conditions:
1. A copy of the casement between the property owners of Parcel B and Lot 9, Block
7 Cherry Hill shall be submitted to the City
2. The strip of land conveyed to the property owners of Parcel A shall be combined
with the reminder of the property (Lot 7, Block 7 Cherry Hill).
3. An updated survey shall be submitted to the City for its records, indicating the
correct lot widths — the maximum horizontal distance between the side setbacks
and lot areas for Parcel B without the lot line adjustment on the east property line;
indicating the proposed easement between Parcel B and Lot 9, Block 7 Cherry
Hill.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in support of the above approval, the
Council hereby makes the f6llowing Findings of Fact:
1. The proposed lot line adjustment shall improve the current encroachment
situation.
2. The proposed variances to the lot width and lot area of Parcel B, are special
circumstances unique to the subject property, not created by the landowner, and
the variances, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood,
and that removal of the structures would not be a reasonable solution to this
problem.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights This 1" day of April, 2008.
ATTEST:
By Swanson, City Clerk
Kathl M.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
By
John b ay