Home Planned for Minneapolis Riverfront Approved Over Opposition from Neighbors

From MinnPost:

The neighbors fought oak tree by oak tree to stop construction of a house near the Mississippi River, but they lost this week when a Minneapolis City Council committee voted to approve a zoning code variance that will allow the project to go forward.

John and Judith Reiling need a variance to build their home near 36th and Edmund because it would be within 40 feet of a steep slope. Without a variance, there would be no way to build a driveway giving the couple access to the house. Without access to the lot, the house could not be built and the city would be forced to buy the land.

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