95-082
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CITY OF SHOREWOOD
RESOLUTION NO. 95.:82_
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A SETBACK VARIANCE
AND VARIANCE TO EXPAND A NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
FOR ROBERT WEST
WHEREAS, Robert West (Applicant) is the owner of certain real property located at 5815
Ridge Road in the City of Shorewood, County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, legally described
in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant's existing home is located too close to the traveled surface of
Ridge Road constituting a nonconforming structure; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant proposes to add on an attached garage to the south side of the
existing home, which garage requires a 36-foot setback variance from the traveled surface of Ridge
Road; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant's request has been reviewed by the City Planner and his
recommendations have been duly set forth in a memorandum to the Planning Commission dated
31 July 1995, which memorandum is on file at City Hall; and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was held by the Shorewood Planning Commission on
1 August 1995, for which notice was duly published and all adjacent property owners duly
notified.
WHEREAS, the Applicant's request for a variance was considered by the City Council at
their regular meeting on 28 August 1995, at which time the Planner's memorandum and the
minutes of the Planning Commission were reviewed and comments were heard by the Council
from the City staff.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the
City of Shorewood as follows:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. That the property described in Exhibit A is zoned R-INS, Single-Family
Residential/Shoreland.
2. That approximately 75 percent ofthe Applicant's home is located within the
required 50-foot setback from Ridge Road.
3. That the Applicant proposes to add a 22' x 24' attached garage 29 feet from the
traveled surface of Ridge Road.
4. That Ridge Road is a private road and the required 50-foot front setback is
measured from a point 15 feet from the edge of the traveled surface of the street.
5. That the site is characterized by severe topography which drops from Ridge Road to
the shoreline of Silver Lake.
6. That the Applicant proposes to demolish an existing garage located very close to
Ridge Road.
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7 . That a garage located on the property to the south is located only 26 feet from the
traveled surface of Ridge Road.
8 . That building a garage any further back on the property would result in significant
site alteration and unnecessary loss of trees.
CONCLUSION
A. That the Applicant has satisfied the criteria for the grant of a variance under Section
1201.05 of the Shorewood City Code and has established an undue hardship as defined by
Minnesota Statutes Section 462.375, Subd. 6(2).
B . That based upon the foregoing, the City Council hereby grants the Applicant's
request for a 36-foot setback variance.
C. That the City Clerk furnish the Applicant with a certified copy of this resolution for
recording purposes.
D. That the Applicant record this resolution with the Hennepin County Recorder or
Registrar of Titles within thirty (30) days of the date of the certification of this resolution.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD this 11th
day of September, 1995.
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Robert B. Bean, Mayor
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C. Hurm, City Administrator/Clerk
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION:
"All that part of Government Lot 8, Section 36, Township 117 North, Range 23 West of the
5th Principal Meridian, described as follows: Commencing at the center of said Section; thence
West on East-West center line a distance of 416.7 feet; thence angle left 67 degrees, 03
minutes, 6.5 feet; thence angle left 44 degrees, 07 minutes, a distance of 67.9 feet; thence angle
right 26 degrees 21 minutes, a distance of 92.4 feet; thence angle right 10 degrees, 59 minutes
a distance of 226.92 feet; thence angle left 91 degrees, 26 minutes a distance of 374.18 feet,
more or less, to the shore of Silver Lake; thence in a Northeasterly direction along the
lakeshore to a point distant 70 feet East from the center of said Section on East-West centerline;
thence West a distance of 90 feet more or less to the point of beginning, EXCEPT the
following described tract: All that part of Government Lot 8, Section 36, Township 117,
Range 23, Hennepin County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the center of
said Section 36; thence West along the North line of said Government Lot 8, a distance of
416.70 feet; thence Southerly, deflecting to the left at an angle of 67 degrees 03 minutes, a
distance of 6.50 feet; thence Southeasterly, deflecting to the left at an angle of 44 degrees 07
minutes, a distance of 67.90 feet; thence Southerly, deflecting to the right at an angle of 26
degrees 21 minutes, a distance of 92.40 feet; thence Southerly deflecting to the right at an angle
of 10 degrees 59 minutes, a distance of 76.92 feet to the actual point of beginning ofthe tract
of land to be described; thence continuing Southerly, along an extension of last described
course, to its intersection with the Northerly line of Registered Land Survey No. 472, Files of
the Registrar of Titles, County of Hennepin, said last described course being hereinafter
referred to as Line A; thence Easterly, along said Northerly line of Registered Land Survey No.
472, to the shore of Silver Lake; thence Northerly along said shore line of Silver Lake, to an
intersection with a line drawn Easterly from the actual point of beginning and at a right angle to
aforesaid Line A; thence Westerly, along said line so drawn, to the actual point of beginning,
according to the United States Government Survey thereof and situate in Hennepin County,
Minnesota. "
Exhibit A