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Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the
Golden Valley Board of Zoning Appeals
November 23, 1999
A regular meeting of the Golden Valley Board of Zoning Appeals was held Tuesday, November
23,1999, in the Council Chambers, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, MN. Chair
Swedberg called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Those present were: Members Lang, Polachek, Sell and Swedberg; and Planning Commission
Representative Shaffer. Also present was Staff Liaison Mary Dold.
I. Approval of Minutes - October 26, 1999
MOVED by Sell, seconded by Polachek and motion carried unanimously to approve the
October 26, 1999 minutes as submitted.
II. The Petitions:
2531 Zenith Avenue North (Map 1) 99-11-36
Grea Snow
Request: Waiver from Section 11.21, Subd. 7(A) Front Yard Setback.
. 24.8 feet off the required 35 feet to a distance of 10.2 feet for the existing
house/deck and for the proposed second story addition, at its closest point to
the front property line on 26th Avenue North; and
. 5.6 feet off the required 35 feet to a distance of 29.4 feet for the existing house,
and proposed second story addition, at its closest point to the front property line
on Zenith Avenue North.
Staff Liaison Dold gave a brief summary of the requests. She told the Board that the applicant
wants to add a second story to the existing house. She noted that there was a two-story house
directly across the street on 26th Avenue North and a two-story house across the parkway on
Zenith.
Member Shaffer commented that he lives in the area and believes the proposal would be a
good fit in the neighborhood.
MOVED by Sell, seconded by Lang and motion carried unanimously to approve the variances
as stated above.
III. Other Business
A. Letter from Gerald and Frida Mindrum (receive and file) regarding a garage
located west of their property at 4022 Wayzata Blvd. that received a variance for a
garage addition into the side yard setback in March of 1999.
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November 23, 1999
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Dold commented that she had talked with the Inspections Department regarding the newly e
constructed garage on the property next to the Mindrum's. A Building Official from the City did
visit the site and found the garage to have a normal roofline. The Building Official did not find it
to be a two-story structure. Staff also visited the site and did not find it to be out of character for
a single-story garage.
Shaffer said the Board does look at the height of proposed garages during the review process.
Polachek suggested that because this is a new structure on the lot, the Mindrum's may need to
get accustomed to having a two-stall garage on the property next to their lot. The Chair
received and filed the letter from the Mindrum's dated November 2, 1999.
B. Reschedule December Meeting Date
Dold suggested that the Board may want to reschedule its December 28, 1999 regular meeting
to the week before Christmas. Dold commented that if any applications were received by the
due date of December 7,1999, it would still be possible to send out the appropriate hearing
notices in a timely manner.
MOVED by Sell, seconded by Shaffer and motion carried unanimously to reschedule the
regular Board of Zoning Appeals meeting from Tuesday, December 28, 1999 to Tuesday,
December 21, 1999.
IV.
Adjournment
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Chair Swedberg adjourned the meeting at 7:25 p.m.
Mahlon Swedberg, Chair
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