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Minneapolis Zoning Board approves front-yard variance for Prospect Avenue lot, denies height variance
Summary
The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved staff findings to allow a reduced front-yard setback for a split lot at Prospect Avenue to preserve a 40-inch white oak, and denied a request to increase the house height, citing lack of a unique hardship.
The Minneapolis Zoning Board of Adjustment on an administrative vote approved staff findings to allow a reduced front-yard setback for a proposed single-family home with a detached accessory dwelling unit on the western half of the former 400 Prospect Avenue parcel, and denied a separate request to increase the dwelling’s maximum height.
Board Chair Matt Perry opened the public hearing on the application for the lot (referred to in the record at times as 400 Prospect, 404 Prospect, and 400 Parcel B). City planning staff presented the application and recommended approval of a reduced established front yard to preserve a 40-inch white oak tree but recommended denial of the requested height variance.
City planning staff member Ms. Brandt said the parcel is in the Tangletown neighborhood and currently vacant after a house was demolished in early 2024 following an administrative parcel split in April 2024. She told the board the…
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