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191780It OIRIGINAL TO 'CITY CLERK J S - CITY OF ST. PAUL OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK COUNCIL RESOLOON— GENERAL FORM ----7, 191780 COUNCIL NO. RESOLVED, that upon appeal of Reverend Paul Engstrom, Eugene Morrison, Robert V. Peterson, and Bernard J. Vogelgesang from the decision of the Commissioner of Parks, Playgrounds and Public Buildings, a 25 foot building line is hereby established on Lots 1 through 4 inclusive, Block 2, Lewiston Heights Addition, on the west side of Winthrop Street between Boxwood Avenue and Snowshoe Lane. COUNCILMEN Yeas Nays DeCourcy Holland Mortinson Peterson Rosen Winkel Mr. President, Dillon 5M 5.58 2 Council File No. 191780 —By Bernardi T. Holland — Resolved, That upon appeal of Reve- rend Paul Engstrom, Eugene Morrison, Robert V. Peterson, and Bernard J. Vogelgesang from the decision of the Commissioner of Parks, Playgrounds and Public Buildings, a 25 foot building line is hereby established on Lots 1 through 4 inclusive, Block 2, Lewiston Heights Addition, on the west side of, Winthrop Street between Boxwood, Avenue and Snowshoe Lane. Adopted by the Council April 14, 1959. Approved April 14, 1959. (April 18, 1959) APR 14 1959 Adopted by the Council 19— APR 14 1959_ App 19- �? n Favor Mayor Against OFFIC-E -OF CITY CLERK BUREAU OF RECORDS 386 City Hall and Court House St. Paul 2, Minnesota Mr. Louis P. Sheahan Corporation Counsel Building Dear Sir: April 9, 1959 JOSEPH R. OKONESKI Cify Clerk HAROLD J. RIORDAN Council Recorder The City Council requested that you prepare a resolution granting the appeal of Reverend Paul Engstrom, Eugene Morrison, Robert V. Peterson and Bernard J. Vogelgesang for the establishment of a 25 -foot building line for Lots 1 through 'k, jmzlusive, Block 2, Lewiston Heights Addition, on the west side of Winthrop St. between Boxwood AAre. and Snowshoe Lane. r IIf Very ;7L11 City Clerk MINNESOTA 8� 1 >: R D OF i .'�kx'ANI�l6 F:Osl.OS0.2 ...:....................... ....................... ..................... ......................... ...................... ......................... ......................... ZONING,- CITY -OF SAINT GAUL 1018 CITY HALL AND COYlT N6YS1 SAINT PAUL 2. MINNISOTA April 8, 1959 Mr.' Joseph R. Okoneski City Clerk , Building Dear Sir: This is in the matter of the appeal of Revel -end Paul Engstrom, Messrs. Eugene Morrison, Robert V. Peterson, and Bernard J. Vogelgesang to establish a building line which differs from the one established in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 62 of the Zoning Code. The property is located on the west side of Winthrop Street ,between Boxwood Avenue and Snowshoe Lane. The legal description iss Lots 1 through 4 inclusive, Block 2, Lewiston Heights Addition. The present zoning is "All Residence and has been since 1922. - The properties are presently undeveloped, and if the appeal is granted the Applicants propose to develop each lot with a single family residence. The present building line as established by the Zoning Code is 57 feet which is an average of setbacks varying from 51 -feet to 63 feet. There are private covenants which run with the lots in Lewiston Heights, one of which establishes a 35 foot building line for the lots under consideration. The owners of-the majority of the lots in Lewiston Heights Addition, 21 of a possible 26 lots., have consented to waive the 35 foot building set back line in lieu of a 25 foot set back. The four lots combined have a frontage of 638.12 feet along Winthrop Street and an average depth of 264 feet'producing an area of approximately 158,150 square feet. The adjacent land uses are as follows: north and adjacent a small residence which is approximately 150 feet north of the north line of property under consideration; west and adjoining, undeveloped land with the exception of one single family residence which fronts on Highway 61; south and adjoining vacant land; east across ungraded Withrop Street undeveloped land. At present, this area is sparsely developed. Field investigation and a review of the appeal by the Board of Zoning and its staff reveal that due to the topography of the property under consider- ation and adjoining properties, it would be very difficult to comply with the established building line, and that the set back line presents_ an undue( hardship. It is the opinion of the Board that the appeal for a change in the set back would in no way be detrimental to adjoining properties nor would it deviate from the purpose and intent of the Zoning Code. In consideration of the above factors, the Board of Zoning recommends that the appeal to establish a 25 foot building line for the property under consideration be granted. Sincerely, 4"ej— C. �l^- �1�-•� HC?a /mm Herbert . Wieland -wy Encl. Planning Director W. T. McDONALD District Judge , W. C. DAVIS County Judge RAYMOND A. NOLAN Commissioner Precinct No. 1 GEORGE DUNN Commissioner Precinct No. 2 CLYDE J. PORTERFIELD Commissioner Precinct No. S W. A. STASNY Commissioner Precinct No. 4 F. J. VITOPIL County Auditor J. W. HAMILTON Sheriff F. T. COLE Clerk of District Court BRAZOS COUNTY City Council City of St. Paul City Hall St. Paul 2, Minnesota Gentlemen: BRYAN, TEXAS March 19, 1959 A. B. SYPTAK County Clerk JOHN M. BARRON County Attorney RAYMOND B. BUCHANAN Tax Assessor- Collector B. V. ELKINS County Treasurer W. D. BUNTING County School Superintendent H. L. GRAHAM, Place Place No. i Justice of Peace, Precinct 4 J. L. JOHNSON, Place No. 2 Justice of Peace, Precinct 4 VIRGIL ESTILL Constable, Precinct 4 We are the owners of Lot 2 Block 2 Lewiston Heights, St. Paul, Minnesota, and our lot is on the west side of Winthrop Street between Boxwood Avenue and Snowshoe Lane. We have seen the scale drawing of the house which Mr. Paul Engstrom intends to build on the lot next to ours. We approve of this location and are enclosing a plat showing that location and have initialed this plat to indicate our approval. Since the topography of our lot is similar to that of Mr. Engstrom's we are requesting a 25 foot building line for the area west of Winthrop Street. Thank you very much for your consideration in this matter. BJV:ctg Very truly yours, Bernard J. V,d'gelgeaan - Anita F. Vog`e�lgesang v � V APPEAL TO ST PAUL CITY COUNCIL 1. a* name of applicant: Rev. Paul H. Engstrom bo legal description of property: Lot 3, block 2, Lewiston Heights, St. Paul, Minnesota C. street location: On west Bide of Winthrop Street - between Boxwood Avenue and Snowshoe Lane do present use of property: Building lot Qv @c�Q, eo proposed use of property: Construction of single dwelling fe purpose of appeal: To establish new building line go need of appeal: Topography of lot requires new building line 'tto prevent undue or peculiar hardship's ( Zoning Code Section 62.09). See attached letter and drawing for details* h. section of ordinance section of ordinance appealing Legislative'Zoning Code, Chapter 64.03, paragraph j. 2. See two attached site plans I -y o a rn ::0 cr_ o W i Mayor Joseph Dillon and Members of the St. Paul City Council Court House St. Paul, Minnesota Gentlemen: Is you know, Section 62.01 of the St Paul that "No building shall be erected whose street street • line than a d1stance equal to 20% of the lot in 'A' and 'B' residence districts..." -16 March 1959 Zoning Code provides wall is nearer the average depth of the I hereby make formal. appeal to you asking relief from this section. This appeal is based on Section 64.03, sub - seotions a) and J) which provide: a) "The Council...may in a special case... determine and vary the application of the provisions of the Zoning Code in harmony with the general intent and purpose of the same as follows: J) Establish_ a building line which differs from the provision of Chapter 62. - This appeal is also based on Section 62.09 which provides: "Where= in any block or portion of a block there are lots not of uniform depths, of irregular shapes or peculiar proportions -Yo or topography, or fronting on more than one street and when ale e szeneral purpose and intent thereof will be better served t—Fi ovisions er Shall be relaxed to the extent necess to prevent undue or peculiar hardship.' Whereas the lot on which we hope to build has an average depth of 263.4 feet, a substantial portion of this lot is unusable because it dtopes off in a 45 degree slope. The usable portion comes to a point about 140 feet west of the street line. Thus, if this appeal is granted and our building line can be-established at 25 feet west of the street line, we will have for our back yard an attractive knoll which will extend about 60 feet west of our walkout basement before it drops off in a steep slope. If,however, this appeal is not granted, and we must comply with the 20% requirement of Section 62.01, then we will lose most of our back yard. This will render our present house plan useless. Wexhave under- gone considerable expense hiring an-architect. The house was designed specifically to take advantage of the above - mentioned- knell. If we are required to set the building line at 52 feet (20% of average lot length) west of the street-line instead of the requested 25 feet, we will havoto abandon our plan to build on this lot. I say this because the adequacy of a back lot is, for our family purposes, all-important. To locate our home closer to the road and farther from the bluffcwill make possible for us three vitally important conditions: 1) the safety of a back yard play area away from the road, 2) the privacy and utility of a back yard for such purposes as hanging clothes, gardening, picnicking, etc., 3)an unobstructed view of Pig's Eye Lake, the Mississippi River Valley, and the St Paul sky -line. If we were to 2 .a locate the house as provided in Section 62.010 the primary view from our picture window would be Highway 61 and a concatenation of railroad tracks below. r - r You wilVobserve from -the attached drawing that, according to our request, only the southeast corner of the garage will be located 25 feet from the street line. The main body of the house will be located at a greater distance from the_ road because it (the house) angles to the southwest.. The north and south loth: lines present no problem. The house will be located an adequate distance from them. The majority. of the property owners in the surrounding area .have expressed approval of this appeal. Thank you very much for your kind consideration. Sincerely yours, ?fe6r om d ItL CL- ii k �� March 18, 1959 To The Saint Paul City Council: As owner of Lot 4, Block 2, Lewiston Heights, Saint Paul, I would like to express my approval of Paul Engstromts appeal to you for a 25 foot building line west of Winthrop Street. I have seen his scale drawing of the plat and his planned house location. I approve of this location. His lot is right next to mine. The unusual contour of the land means that he would suffer hardship by complying with the 20% rule. This is also true in my case. I would like,to have the City Councilts permission to establish my building line at 25 feet west of_the street line. Very truly yours, APR � , � soy FOIR"ESTRY HIGHWOOD AND XX=XKXWXcKr1ight Rd. Soppo ST. PAUL 6, MINNESOTA Pr 6 7413 March 24, 1959 Honorable Mayor and City Council of St. Paul, Minnesota o City Clerk Room # 386 City Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota Dear Councilmembers: We the undersigned, being the owners of twenty of the twenty six lots in,,•„Lew_1ston Heights Addition, St. Paul, Minnesota, ---dn 1• gw_eb onsent the relaxation of item number three in the restrictions and protective covenants dated and filed for said addition on July 2, 1956. This change being allowable by a majority of lot owners under item number ten of said re- strictions. This relaxation and change being only for lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of block 2, Lewiston Heights, allowing the estab- lishment of a building set back minimum of twenty five feet from Winthrop Street. David W. French Audrey S. French 1�•4rM1 1Robert F. Nelson C,:• Catharine A. Nelson ` Lowell 0. Nelson Arvilla D. Nelson F c t (A55UME - 15TREr•T Q 1=EET) ILI W i c I I • t .z x i