Wessles withdraws variance request after staff recommends denial for builder error
City staff and the Planning and Zoning Board recommended denying a variance for a concrete slab that encroaches three feet into a required 10-foot setback; to avoid a mandatory six-month reapply period the Wessles withdrew their application and Council accepted the withdrawal.
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The City Council moved to resolve a variance request concerning an encroaching concrete slab on the Wessles property. Administrator Teresa Hill explained Minnesota’s three-factor statutory variance test and said legal counsel and the Planning and Zoning Board recommended denial because the slab’s placement — three feet inside the required 10-foot setback — resulted from builder error rather than a unique property hardship.
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