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MINU7ES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE
GOLDEN VALLEY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
SEPTEMBER 13, 1983
The regular meeting of the Golden Valley Board of Zoning Appeals was held
Tuesday, September 13, 1983, at 7:30 P.M. in the Valley Room of the Civic
Center, 7800 Gold�n Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota.
The following Board members were present:
Chairman, Mahlon Swedberg
Herb Polachek
Mike Sell
Larry Smith, Alternate
Absent by prior arrangement, Glen Christiansen and Art Flannagan.
The first order of business was approval of the minutes of a regular meeting
held August 9, 1983, copies of which had previously been distributed to the
Board.
Larry Smith moved to approve the minutes as written and presented, second by
Mike Sell and upon vote carried.
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Shirley Sundin
The Petition is for waiver of Section
3A.06(1 ) front setback for 8 feet off the required
35 feet setback from Olympia Street to a
setback of 27 feet from the lot line to the
proposed detached garage and for
3A.10(1 ) to allow an accessory building to be located
alongside the principal structure as it cannot
be located to the rear, as required.
The Petition was in order. Consent had been obtained from adjacent
properties. Shirley Sundin was present. No adjacent property owners
were in attendance.
Ms. Sundin explained her proposal to build a detached two-car garage on the
west side of her property. There presently is no garage. This is a corner
lot and there are only two houses on the block. 7he other house faces
Mendelssohn Avenue and is only 11.8 feet from Olympia, therefore there is
no problem with alignment with adjacent properties.
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Mahlon Swedberg asked Ms. Sundin why she didn't move the garage five feet
closer to the house. If she did so then if it was ever attached by a
breezeway, it would still conform for the setback required for one main
structure. Ms. Sundin said the City provided an existing curb cut that
aligns with the proposed garage and she also said her house is a split level
and as constructed an attached garage was not practical or financially
feasible.
Mike Sell noted that as a detached garage, frost footings would not be
required and therefore the minutes should note for future reference that it
could not be attached to the house at a later date.
Ms. Sundin noted that her home and the proposed garage would be in alignment
for setback from Olympia. There also is a curb cut for a future detached
garage for the adjacent house to the west.
Following this discussion of the proposal , Mike Sell moved to approve the
waivers as requested, noting the property is a corner lot and there is no
other location for a garage and that the proposed garage is in alignment
with the existing house and does not affect adjacent properties. Second
by Larry Smith and upon vote carried unanimously.
The Board discussed several administrative items and the secretary provided an
update on current projects and proposals in the City since the previous
meeting.
There being no further business to come before the Board, it was upon motion,
second, and vote to adjourn at 8:35 P.M.
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Mahlon Swedberg, Chairman Lloyd G. Becker, Secretary