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Minnetonka planner recommends rear-yard setback variance for garage at 15020 Tamar Lane

Minnetonka Planning Commission · November 13, 2025
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City planner Riley Rooney recommended the Minnetonka Planning Commission approve a rear-yard setback variance to allow a proposed 24-by-40-foot garage at 15020 Tamar Lane to sit about 26.8 feet from the rear property line, below the roughly 37-foot requirement; the commission will consider the application Nov. 20 and a favorable motion requires four affirmative votes.

Riley Rooney, a planner for the City of Minnetonka, recommended that the Minnetonka Planning Commission adopt a resolution approving a rear-yard setback variance for a garage at 15020 Tamar Lane.

Rooney said the applicant proposes a new 24-by-40-foot garage north of an existing attached garage and that the lot’s 20 percent depth — the city’s alternate rear-yard standard — is roughly 37 feet. The proposed garage would sit about 26.8 feet from the rear property line, requiring a variance because it does not meet the 37-foot…

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