Application
Planning Case No.
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard - P.O. Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317 - (952) 227-1100
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DEVELOPMENT REVIEW APPLICATION
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Applicant Name and Address:
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Owner Name and Address:
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NOTE: Consultation with City staff is reQuired prior to submittal, including review of development
plans
Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Temporary Sales Permit
Interim Use Permit (IUP)
Vacation of Right-of-Way/Easements (VAG)
----L- Variance (V AR) 2ci)
Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
Non-conforming Use Permit
Wetland Alteration Permit (WAP)
Planned Unit Development*
Zoning Appeal
Rezoning
Zoning Ordinance Amendment
Sign Permits
Sign Plan Review
X Notification Sign .GiQ)
(City to install and remove)
x ~ for Filing Fees/Attorney Cost-
$5 UP/SPRlVACNARlWAP/Metes & Bounds
4~inor SUB
L Subdivision* L\DD TOTAL FEE $ I i4Lttl ci)
An additional fee of $3.00 per address within the public hearing notification area will be invoiced to the applicant
prior to the public hearing. ...~ 8 yc..r cR. ls 'A' 3 = ~\q4-~
Site Plan Review (SPR)*
*Sixteen (16) full-size folded copies of the plans must be submitted, including an 8%" X 11"
reduced copy for each plan sheet along with a digital COpy in TIFF-Group 4 (*.tif) format.
**Escrow will be required for other applications through the development contract.
Building material samples must be submitted with site plan reviews.
NOTE: When multiple applications are processed, the appropriate fee shall be charged for
each application.
PROJECT NAME:
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND PID: Pi D /<.. 2.-5' ,"9 So 0 10
TOTAL ACREAGE:
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WETLANDS PRESENT:
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REASON FOR REQUEST: sG'.t=: It ttl\:crt'id> .
FOR SiTE PLAN REViEW: inciude number of existing employees:
and newempioyees:
This application must be completed in full and be typewritten or clearly printed and must be accompanied by all information
and plans required by applicable City Ordinance provisions. Before filing this application, you should confer with the
Planning Department to determine the specific ordinance and procedural requirements applicable to your application.
A determination of completeness of the application shall be made within 15 business days of application submittal. A written
notice of application deficiencies shall be mailed to the applicant within 15 business days of application.
This is to certify that I am making application for the described action by the City and that I am responsible for complying with
all City requirements with regard to this request. This application should be processed in my name and I am the party whom
the City should contact regarding any matter pertaining to (his application. I have attached a copy of proof of ownership
(either copy of Owner's Duplicate Certificate of Title, Abstract of Title or purchase agreement), or I am the authorized person
to make this application and the fee owner has also signed this application.
I will keep myself informed of the deadlines for submission of material and the progress of this application. I further
understand that additional fees may be charged for consulting fees, feasibility studies, etc. with an estimate prior to any
authorization to proceed with the study. The documents and information I 'have submitted are.true and correct to the best of
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Date
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Date
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Rev. 1/08
VARIANCES REQUEST 7160 WILLOW VIEW COVE
We purchased this property approximately 20 years ago. Our property is just shy of 4
acres and has approximately 430 feet oflakeshore on Lotus Lake. Our long term plan was
to always place one if not two additional structures on the property to accommodate
future family needs. When we purchased this property there were no rules which
prohibited us from doing so. My mother is now 85 years old and wishes to maintain her
independence, something that we support. It is however now necessary to get her closer
to us so we can better help her. She is now ready to move so I subsequently contacted the
City and was told that ordinances had now been put in place that prohibited us from 1).
adding additional dwellings to the property, or 2). do a lot split to construct another
dwelling. It is our strong preference to always keep the property as one, and in the family,
because we never want to nor intent to dispose of any property created by a split. The
City suggested the only possible way to proceed was to request variances to allow us to
subdivide. We were then informed that other ordinances passed even more recently
prohibited us from proceeding without variances unless we upgrade the driveway to a
city street and remove a lot of significant number of mature trees and vegetation which
would negatively alter the character of the property. Rather than argue over the effective
taking caused by new ordinances being put in place that we were not notified of, in the
spirit of cooperation we proceeded down the track to subdivide. We ate willing to
cooperate and do so even though it is our strong desire not to subdivide. We have had a
updated survey completed and sited the proposed structure keeping in mind all things
considered important about the character of the property.
Subsequently, we are seeking approval of several variances which will allow us to
maintain the character of the property, place the structure where it best fits without
destroying a lot of mature vegetation, and likewise not allowing construction to do the
same.
These more recently passed ordinances don't allow private driveways any longer serving
multiple lots without being constructed to the standards of a city road. To do so would
wipe out and destroy a large wooded area surrounding the current driveway which by the
way is over a thousand feet long.
Another more recently passed ordinance does not allow lot splits with less than 100 feet
of street frontage and while we have just shy of four acres we only have about 70 feet of
street frontage.
Again due to a more recent ordinance passed, our proposed lot size of 15,000 square feet
and house pad size (60'x 40') or 2400 square feet require variances only because of
where we placed the structure. To move the structure from the current proposed location
would either wipe out a lot mature woods one way, or a cluster of approximately 100 foot
pines the other way. Ifwe move the structure approximately 30 feet to the west to avoid a
variance it would wipe out the above mentioned pine cluster.
In that none of the variances impact setbacks from existing neighboring properties,
we seek the approval of all necessary variances due to hardships at any number of levels.
First, if our property right to add additional dwellings to our acreage had not been taken,
no variances would be necessary. By cooperating with a lot split instead these variances
are created. Each of these variances then necessitated by the split are being caused again
by the elimination of or taking of our property rights through ordinances passed since we
have owned the property, which we were never made aware of.
Most importantly, to proceed with any plan other than the proposed would substantially
alter and destroy much of the character of the property through the elimination and
damages to mature wooded areas and vegetation. What we are proposing, given our
acreage, will have no practical spill over effects to anyone else other than us. Our current
hard surface coverage is 10.4% overall. Splitting off the lot changes the coverage on the
primary lot to 11.4%. On the split lot or secondary lot the coverage would be 16%.