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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE
GOLDEN VALLEY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
August 12, 1975
The regular meeting of the Golden Valley Board of Zoning Appeals was held
Tuesday, August 12, 1975 at 7:30 P.M. at the Golden Va11ey Civic Center,
7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota.
The following Board members were present:
Mahlon Swedberg, Chairman
LeRoy Anderson
Walter Kost
Mike Sell
Donald Hughes, Planning Commission Representative
Mahlon Swedberg, Chairman of the Board, presided and Jim Ingemunson acted
as recording Secretary.
Mike Sell moved to accept the minutes of the meeting of July 8, 1975 as
written, seconded by LeRoy Anderson and so carried.
The Chairman then brought the following items be£ore the Board:
75-8-20 2110 Indiana Ave. No. Ma 5) Edward H. Fischer Residential:
The petition is far the waiver of Section
3.07 (3a) for 3.5' off the required sideqard setback
distance of 15' to a sideyard setback distance
of 11.5' from the North property line to the
progosed �arage addition only.
Present to request the variance was r1r. Edward H. Fischer. The Chairman
reviewed the petition and found it to be in order. There was no one pre-
sent in o�position to the variance.
LeRoy Anderson moved to accept the waiver as requested. It was seconded
by Walter Kost.
In discussion of the question, it was noted that most other re5idents in
this vicinity have double garages, and that even with the variance, there
would still be more than 30' between this house and the closest neighbor
on the North side. The question was called and carried unanimously.
75-5�-21 6621 Ol m ia St. Ma 15 Darroch H. Smith Residential:
The peCition is for the waiver of Section
3.12 (1) for 17` off the required 20' separation distance
to a separation distance of 3' from the existing
house to the proposed detached garage only.
Mr. Smith was present requesting the variance. There was no one in opp-
osition present. The Chairman reviewed the petition appZication and
found it to be correct.
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The petitioner explained his reasons for requesting the d�tached garage 3'
from the present dwelling. The reasons included noise from the work on
the vehicles in the garage, fumes from the vehicles and the necessity of
cutting several trees if the garage is further from the house. Also,
additional expense for footin�s and the possibility of relocating a sewer
easement if the garage would have to be farther to Che West.
The Board was not convinced that there was sufficient hardship to warrant
a variance in this situation. They felt that the alternative of either
attaching the proposed garage to the house or building it detached, at a
greater distance from the house would �t�t create an undo hardship for the
property owner.
LeRoy Anderson moved to deny the request as presented. It was seconded by
Mike Sell and carried unanimously.
75-8-22 2445 Nevada Ave. No. Ma 14 Jacobson Machine Tool Industrial:
The petition is for the waiver of Section
13.01 for 19 spaces off the required number of 132 off street
parking spaces on the site to a total of 113 parking
spaces.
and for Section
5.05 B for 15' off the required 50' of landscaped area to a
landscaped area of 35' along the West property line
only.
Present requesting the variance were Mr. Ralph Jacobson and the contractor
for the pro�ect, Mr. Marshall Cederstrand. The application was reviewed and
found it to be in order.
The Chairman noted that in the letter from Jacobson Machine TooZ accompanying
the petition, the proponent stre�sed the need for this structure to solve an
outside storage problem. The proponent said that all storage would be inside
with the new addition. The Board also noted that the proposed addition could
have been built without a variance prior to the change of zoning from Indus-
trial to Residential on the Dover Hi11 property.
LeRoy Anderson moved to grant the waivers of landscaping and parking as reques-
ted. It was seconded by Walter Kost. In discussion of the question, there
was an agreement between Mr. Jacobson and the Board to landscape with suitable
plantings along the West property line, the purpose being to provide some scree�Cn&
between the Industrial area and the Residential area. The Board also discussed
the loading area which is shown on the site plan to be on the street side of
the proposed addition. The Board wished to note that the approval of the vari-
ances for parking and landscaping does not include approval of the loading area
on the street side.
The question was called and carried unanimously.
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Donald Hughes moved �o get a definition from the staff on loading areas
in front yards, seconded by Mike Sell. After some discussion, Donald
Hughes withdrew his motion and Mike Sell withdrew the second.
Chairman Swedberg asked the Secretary to be sure and include the discus-
sion on front loading areas in the minutes of this meeting.
75-8-23 4101 Golden Va11ey Road (Map 6� Health Central Institutional:
The petition is for the waiver of Section
14.02 to the extent only of allowing the construction of a
single story 40x60 attached ambulance garage and
covered entry as shown on the proposed plans dated this
August, 1975.
Present requesting the variance was Mr. Adrian Born and Mr. Cris Stang.
The Chairman reviewed the petition and found it to be in order. LeRoy
Anderson referred to the minutes of the meetin� of the Board of September
10, 1974 in which the variance for the exisCin� non-conforming use was
granted to Health Central. The Secretary read from the minutes of Sept-
ember 10, 1974. It was also noted that action was reaffirmed at a later
meeting of the Board. It was the fe�ling of the Board members that a
proposed addition of a one (1) story ambulance garage fell within the
approval granted in 1974 and therefore the present request for a variance
is unnecessary.
LeRoy Anderson moved to strike this item from the current agenda and
instruct the staff to return the petitioner's application fee. It was
seconded by Walter Kost and so carried.
The final item of business was brought before the Board by the Chairman
and it concerned the 1976 budget for B.Z.A. The Chairman reviewed a
letter from Mr. Sweet of the City Staff and the Board discussed the
budget as proposed by Mr. Sweet. The Board members were concerned that
the proposed budget may not actually reflect the cost of operating the
B.Z.A. The general fe�ling was that the amount shown was not large
enough. It was the Board's feelin� that the Chairman should contaeC the
City Manager and discuss the proposed allocation.
There being no further business to come liefore the Board, it was on
motion, duly seconded ad3ourned at 9:30 P.M.
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