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VARIANCE APPLICATION FOR:
Residential Commercialfndustrial � Signs
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ProPerty ld&"tif�cation Number:
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Reason for Variance:
!Have you operated a slness in a city which regi,hed a business license?
Yes NQ — If Yes, which City?
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Was that license ever denied or invoked? Yes No
FEE QWN_R-INE RMATION (as it aPPears on the property title)
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William H. and Carolynne B. Mathis
1570 60th Ave. NE
Fridley, MN 55432
July 25, 2002
To: The City of Fridley
From: William and Carolynne Mathis
Re: Variance request for home improvement
We applied for a variance to complete an improvement to our home and the variance
was not accepted due to a discrepancy in surveys completed in the past. We have had
a new survey completed and now would like to re -submit the request for your
consideration.
We have an extremely small entryway. It is a tight and uncomfortable for people
entering our home, with a close juxtaposition of door, stairs, and side walls. One
cannot enter our home and go into the living room with ease.
We want to improve this situation by bumping out the front of our house a bit to open
up the entryway and make the entrance to our home less tight and uncomfortable,
improving it greatly.
The restriction on our lot is one of width, but we have a v_yr large lot. The addition is
going on the front and will not in any way impinge on the side or put the front entry
any closer to the street than that of our neighbors. Please refer to the survey to see the
large size of our lot and to our builder's plans to see that the new addition will not
affect the side of our home or lot.
Thank you for your consideration of this request to improve our home in Fridley.
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FRIDLEY
FRIDLEY MUNICIPAL CENTER - 6431 UNIVERSITY AVE. N.E. FRIDLEY, MN 55432 - (763) 571-3450 - FAX (763) 571-1287
July 29, 2002
William & Carolynne Mathis
1570 60' Ave. NE
Fridley, MN 55432
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Mathis:
Per Minnesota Statute 15.99, local government units are required to notify land use
applicants within 10 days if their applications are complete. We received your
application for a sign variance on August 9, 2002. This letter serves to inform you that
your application is complete.
Your variance application hearing, discussion, and action will take place at the City of
Fridley Appeals Commission Meeting on August 28, 2002 at 7:30 PM in the City
Council Chambers at 6431 University Avenue.
If you have any questions regarding this letter or the process, please feel free to contact
me at 572-3599.
Sincerely,
Paul Bolin, AICP
Planning Coordinator
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FRIDLEY
FRIDLEY MUNICIPAL CENTER - 6431 UNIVERSITY AVE. N.E. FRIDLEY, MN 55432 - (763) 571-3450 - FAX (763) 571-1287
August 23, 2002
William and Carolynne Mathis
1570 60`x' Avenue NE
Fridley, MN 55432
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Mathis:
Per Minnesota Statute 15.99, local government units are required respond to land use
requests within a 60 days once a completed application is received. The same statute
allows the City to extend this time frame an additional 60 days if the petitioner is notified
in writing that the additional time is necessary. This letter serves to inform you that the
City is extending the 60 Day date in which the City must take final action on your item
until November 21, 2002.
In doing the background research on your property, many unanswered questions arose.
The current survey (Mark Kemper -2002) and the old survey in your address file
(Caswell Engineering -1964) do not match the official plat for the Van Cleaves addition,
and neither the City nor Anoka County have any record of a lot split for your property.
To clarify, there is no official record of your lot being given the approval to take 2' of Lot
4 and give up 4' of Lot 3, thus reducing your overall lot width to 73.
City Staff advises that you work with your surveyor and Anoka County, the official
recorders of all land use actions, to determine if the lot splits were improperly done or if
Anoka County has simply failed to properly record the lot splits and show the proper
dimensions on the County's Official Y2 Section Maps.
City staff would further recommend that you consider formally withdrawing your
application, in writing, until the questions on the lot split are answered. The City cannot
properly act on your variance request until all of the questions on the lot split are
answered. Therefore, your variance request will not receive a public hearing on
Wednesday September 281. The public hearing will be rescheduled once a
determination of the validity of the lot splits has been made.
If these questions are not answered in time for the City to bring you through the
variance process by November 21, 2002, the City will be forced to take formal action on
your request. The formal action would most likely be denial, due to the lack of facts.
William and Carolynne Mathis
August 23, 2002
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Denial of the request would require that you wait one year before resubmitting a
variance application. Withdrawal of your request would allow you to resubmit your
application once the questions on the lot split have been answered.
During your research, if the lot splits were formally approved by the City and the
County, your 73' wide lot would be considered "conforming" and the only variance you
would need to expand your home would be to recognize the deficient side yard setback.
If you have any questions regarding this letter or the process, please feel free to contact
me at 572-3599.
Sincerely,
Paul Bolin, AICP
Planning Coordinator
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CITY OF FRIDLEY PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
BEFORE THE APPEALS COMMISSION
TO:
Residents within 350 feet of 1570 60th Avenue
CASE NUMBER:
VAR #02-12
APPLICANT.
William and Carolynne Mathis
1570 60' Avenue
Fridley, MN 55432
Petitioner or representative must be at meeting.
PURPOSE:
♦ To reduce the required lot width from 75 feet to 73 feet;
♦ To reduce the required side yard setback from 5 feet to
4.3 feet to recognize an existing conformity
LOCATION OF
PROPERTY:
1570 60" Avenue
LEGAL
DESCRIPTION.
Lot 3, Block 1, Van Cleaves Addition
DATE AND TIME
Appeals Commission Meeting, Wednesday, August 28,
OF HEARING:
2002, at 7:30 p.m.
The Appeals Commission meetings are televised live the
night of the meeting on Channel 17.
PLACE OF
Fridley Municipal Center, City Council Chambers
HEARING:
6431 University Avenue
HOW TO
1. You may attend hearings and testify.
PARTICIPATE:
2. You may send a letter before the hearing to Paul Bolin,
Planning Coordinator, at 6431 University Avenue N.E.,
Fridley, MN 55432 or fax at 763-571-1287.
SPECIAL
Hearing impaired persons planning to attend who need an
ACCOMMODATION:
interpreter or other persons with disabilities who require
auxiliary aids should contact Roberta Collins at 763-572-3500
no later than August 21, 2002. (TDD 763-572-3534)
ANY QUESTIONS:
Contact Paul Bolin, Planning Coordinator, at 763-572-3599.
Mailing Date: August 16, 2002
William H. and Carolynne B. Mathis
1570 60th Ave. NE
Fridley, MN 55432
Sept. 27, 2002
Paul Bolin, ATCP
City of Fridley
6431 University Ave NE
Fridley MN 55432
Re: Variance request for home improvement
At your suggestion, we are withdrawing our application for a variance, pending
resolution of the outstanding issues regarding the history of the subdivision in which
we live. When the questions have been resolved, we will reapply.
William H. Mathis
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
PLANNING DIVISION
Memorandum
DATE: October 2, 2002
TO: Sue Anne Kirkham, Accounting/Data Processing Clerk
FROM: Paul Bolin, Planning Coordinator
SUBJECT: Variance Refund, VAR #02-12
The application for this variance has been officially withdrawn by the petitioner. Please
refund a variance fee of $60.00 to the petitioner:
William H. Mathis
1570 60t' Ave NE
Fridley, MN 55432
Paul Bolin, Planning Coordinator