Variance Recording Transmittal 08-30-2013CITY OF CHANHASSEN
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
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CHANHASSEN, MN 55317
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
VARIANCE 2013 -17
1. Permit. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the City of Chanhassen
hereby grants the following variance:
The Chanhassen Board of Appeals and Adjustments approved Planning
Case #2013 -17 for a 3.5 percent variance to the driveway grade to permit a
13.5 percent driveway grade to access a single - family home on property
zoned Single - Family Residential District located at 7441 Dogwood Road.
2. Pro e . The variance is for property situated in the City of Chanhassen, Carver
County, Minnesota, and legally described as Lots 9 and 10, Sunset Hill on Lake Minnewashta,
Carver County, Minnesota, except that part lying northeasterly of the following described line:
Commencing at the most southerly comer of said Lot 10, thence on an assumed bearing of North 07
degrees 39 minutes 49 seconds East, along the easterly line of said Lot 10, a distance of 68.24 feet
to the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence North 73 degrees 53 minutes 35 seconds
West a distance of 20.00 feet; thence North 64 degrees 48 minutes 45 seconds West a distance of
18.88 feet; thence North 53 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds West a distance of 54.02 feet; thence
North 60 degrees 51 minutes 56 seconds West, a distance of 234 feet, more or less, to the shoreline
of Lake Minneswashta, and said line there terminating.
3. Condition. The variance approval is subject to the following conditions:
a. The proposed driveway must have the first 10 feet adjacent to Dogwood Road at a
shallow grade for entry onto the roadway.
b. The proposed driveway design must also keep a shallow grade at the bottom of the
driveway near the garage to prevent drainage from flowing towards the garage or
home.
c. The driveway grade must not be steeper than 13.5 percent at any point.
d. Limit tree removal to only those necessary to accomplish the construction of the
home and driveway.
e. Show all trees to be removed or at risk of damage during construction including those
on adjoining properties.
f. Limit grading to only those areas necessary to accomplish the construction of the
home and driveway while maintaining drainage patterns which will not create erosive
conditions or redirect drainage onto neighboring properties.
g. No grading within the bluff impact zone.
h. Provide mitigation measures to prevent increased erosive conditions in the bluff and
gully areas.
i. The site plan must otherwise be compliant with MN Rules 6120.3300 and Chapter 20,
Article VII of Chanhassen City Code.
j. The grading must be revised so that water will flow away from the proposed
structure.
k. The grading must be revised so as not to exceed 3:1 slopes.
1. The grading must be revised to create a swale so that water will not flow over the top
of the wall.
m. The applicant must obtain permission from the owners of the adjoining properties to
do any work on their land.
4. Lapse. If within one (1) year of the issuance of this variance the allowed
construction has not been substantially completed, this variance shall lapse.
Dated: August 20, 2013
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STATE OF MINNESOTA )
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COUNTY OF CARVER )
CITY OF CIIANFIASSEN I
BY:
Thomas A. Furlong, Mayo
AND:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ay of ,
2013 by Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor and Todd Gerhardt, City Manager, of the City ofthanhassen,
a Minnesota municipal corporation, on behalf of the corporation and pursuant to authority granted
by its City Council. I
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City of Chanhassen
7700 Market Boulevard
P.O. Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
(952) 227 -1100
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