Approval Letter 11-16-2011Building Inspections Phone: 952.227.1180 This letter is to formally notify you that on November 14, 2011, the Chanhassen City Fax: 952.227.1190 November 16, 2011 CITY OF west property line (Yuma Drive) and a 21 -foot front yard setback from the east CH MEMSEN property line (Ringo Drive) for the construction of a single- family home on a non- Phone: 952.227.1160 Peter and Tricia Nowling 7700 Market Boulevard 6271 Blue Jay Circle PO Box 147 Excelsior, MN 55331 Chanhassen, MN 55317 Re: Variance Request — 6829 Yuma Drive Administration Planning Case #2011 -10 Phone: 952.227.1100 b. Any retaining wall greater than four (4) feet in height must receive building Fax: 952.227.1110 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Nowling: Building Inspections Phone: 952.227.1180 This letter is to formally notify you that on November 14, 2011, the Chanhassen City Fax: 952.227.1190 Council approved Planning Case #2011 -11 for a 12 -foot front yard setback from the west property line (Yuma Drive) and a 21 -foot front yard setback from the east Engineering property line (Ringo Drive) for the construction of a single- family home on a non- Phone: 952.227.1160 conforming lot of record zoned Single - Family Residential (RSF). (All proposed Fax: 952.227.1170 setbacks are measured from the 24 -inch eaves of the structure). Finance Phone: inane 7114U The variance is subject to the following conditions: Fax: 952.227.1110 a. A building permit is required. Park & Recreation Phone: 952.227.1120 b. Any retaining wall greater than four (4) feet in height must receive building Fax: 952.227.1110 permit approval. Recreation Center c. Retaining walls greater than four (4) feet in height must be designed by a 2310 Coulter Boulevard Phone: 952.227.1400 structural engineer licensed in the State of Minnesota. Fax: 952.227.1404 d. The applicant must submit a tree removal plan that clearly shows all trees, 6 Planning & inches and larger, and their designation as removed or saved as part of the Natural Resources Building Permit application. Phone: 952.227.1130 Fax: 952.227.1110 e. Tree protection fencing must be installed prior to any work commencing around all saved trees. Fencing shall remain in place until construction is Public works completed. 7901 Park Place Phone: 52.220 9 7130 Fone:52.27.130 f. The application shall plant two overstory, deciduous, 2 -1/2" diameter trees. Senior Center g• Site grading plan must be modified to provide three feet of separation between Phone: 952.227.1125 high water level and the surrounding low building elevations and submitted to Fax: 952.227.1110 the City for approval prior to issuance of a Building Permit. Web Site h. A drainage and utility easement shall be conveyed to the city over the www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us conveyance system before a building permit is issued. This easement shall be, at a minimum, 15 feet in width and shall include the high water elevation within the channel and shall be provided by the applicant. Chanhassen is a Community for Life -Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow Peter & Tricia Nowling November 16, 2011 Page 2 i. The grading must also allow for continued drainage from east to west across the adjoining property to the south. The variance is valid for one year from the approval date. A building /zoning permit must be applied for prior to November 14, 2012 through the City's Building/Planning Department, respectively. If you have any questions, please contact me at 952- 227 -1132 or by email at akairies@ci.chanhassen.mn.us Sincerely, a Angie Kairies Planner I ec: Jerry Mohn, Building Official cc: Building Permit File — 6829 Yuma Drive gAplan\2011 planning cases \l 1 -10 nowling variance -6829 yuma drive \letter of approval.doc