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Memorializing the City Council's decision to deny the appeal of Jean Schroepfer from a decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals denying a request for variances to convert a single-family home at 1185 Dayton Avenue into a two-family home.
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WHEREAS, on June 1, 2018, Ms. Jean Schroepfer (“Applicant”), residing at 271 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, duly applied to the Board of Zoning Appeals (“BZA”) under BZA File No. 18-073086, for variances from the strict application of the Zoning Code for the purpose of converting an existing single-family home into a two-family home located within an RT1 zoning district at property commonly known as 1185 Dayton Avenue [PIN No. 032823110050] and legally described as Lot 23, Block 2 Anna E. Ramsey addition to the City of Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, to lawfully convert Applicant’s single-family property into a two-family property, two variances were required: (1) Lot-width: 50-feet required; 39.6-feet existing, 10.4-feet variance requested. (2) Side-yard setback: 9-feet required; 3.8 feet side-yard setback on the lot’s west side existing, 5.2-foot variance requested; and
WHEREAS, on July 2, 2018, the BZA, in accordance with Legislative Code § 61.601, duly conducted a public hearing on Applicant’s variance requests where any person present was afforded an opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, following the presentation of the BZA’s staff report and recommendation, the Applicant did not appear. However, there were persons in attendance in opposition and the BZA duly received testimony from those persons; and
WHEREAS, upon closing the public hearing and the following the BZA’s discussion of the application, the BZA staff report and recommendation to deny, and all the hearing testimony duly received, the BZA moved to deny the Applicant’s variance requests on a 5-0 roll call vote; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2018, DSI staff informed the BZA that due to miscommunications between DSI staff and the Applic...
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