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~~ ~ a S ~~, ~ .PUBLIC HEARING r~ ~~~ ~ -93 September 26, 1972 - 8e1S p.m. PETITIONEIta Fortune'Inve-stments LOCATIONe North of County Road "D" between New Highway 8 and 'Long Lakes Road >.NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN '2.00 FEET OF LOCATION: 4- PETITIONER'S REQUESTe Variance from Section 10-I10 Industrial District I-1 an:d I-2, Para. (a) New ,Brighton Zoning Code., ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS: Ordinance 18$, Section ;11-040`"Where there are practical difficulties or unusual hardships in the way of carry~.ng out the strict letter of the provisions ofthis-ordinance, the :Council shall `have the power, in a specific case, to permit a variance from-the provisions-of this ordinance." Ordinance 188, Section 2-700, "The crucial points of a variance are (a) undue hardship, (b) unique circumstances and (c).applying to property. A variance is not justified unless all three elements are present in the case. PETITIONER'S JUSTIFICATION TO MEET P,BOVE REQUIREMENTS: Thus variance is requested because of the unusual shape of the property, adequate utilization is impossible without variance from .the strict application of Section 10-110 Industrial Districts; I-1"and I-2, Paragraph A, New Brighton zoning code., Specifically, we request that the side yard requirements for corner lots be reduced to 20 ft. to allow construction of a 48 ft. wide SzT-DOWN- TYPE restaurant at a point 57 ft. North of the Sauth property line.: PLANNING CONSIDERATIONSs Sept. 5, 1972 The property in question is an irregularly shaped parcel resulting from the. relocation of State Trunk Highway 8 east of its original alignment. The parce~ dimensions are approximately 60 feet along County Road D, 286 feet along Long Lake Road, 325 feet along New Highway 8 and 205 feet across the northern boundary. ..The variance.-specifically requested is to reduce the side yard require- - merit forths corner..lot from-40 feet to 20:...feet to allow construction 'of a 48-foot wide structure at a point 57 feet north of the'-south property line. Adherence to the 40 foot setback requirement would limit the. structural width at this location.:to about 8 feet.