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_. J _ ~ ~ -r ... .PUBLIC .HEARING.:: VN-93 - September 26,....:.1972 - 8e15 p.m.,_ PETITIONERe Fortune Investments LOCATION° North of County Road "D"..between_New .Highway 8 and Long ,.Lake Road NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF'LOCATLON: 4 PETITIONER'S REQUESTe Variance from Section 1.0-110 Industrial .District I-1 and I-2, Para. (a) New Brighton. .Zoning:... Code . ,. :~ ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTSs Ordinance 188, Section 11-040_"Where there, are_practieal difficulties or unusual hardships in the:-way of carrying out the strict letter of the provisions of this ordinance, the Council shall-.have the power, in a specific ease., to permit a variance from the provisions of this ordinance." Ordinance 1$8, 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 ABOVE REQUIREMENTS: This variance is requested because of the unusual shape of the: property, adequate utilization is impossible without variance from the strict application of Section 1p-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 SIT-DOWN- TYPE restaurant at a point 57 ft. North of the .South property line. PLANNING CONSIDERATIONSe 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 parcel dimensions are approximately 60 feet along County Road D, 286 feet arlong 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- ment for this corner of from 40 feetto 20 feet to a~.3ow 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.