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APPLICATION FOR A PERMANENT VARIANCE <br />APPLICANT: N. Star Associates Limited Partnership ( "North Star ") <br />PROPERTY: North Star Estates located at 3001 Country Drive, Little <br />Canada, Minnesota, and legally described on the attached <br />Exhibit A. <br />VARIANCE REQUESTED: North Star requests a permanent variance from the <br />application of Minn. Stat. § 327. ub: 1, para. 3, and <br />Little Canada Ordinance Sectio 903.10 providing that <br />"[t]he space between manufactur nres may be used for <br />the parking of motor vehicles and other property, if the <br />vehicle or other property is parked at least ten feet from <br />the nearest adjacent manufactured home position." The <br />statute and ordinance provide that "variances may be <br />granted by the State Commissioner of Health in <br />manufactured home parks when the variance is applied for <br />in writing and in the opinion of the Commissioner the <br />variance will not endanger the health, safety and welfare of <br />manufactured home park occupants." North Star requests <br />a variance from this provision because enforcement of the <br />ordinance would cause unnecessary hardship, strict <br />conformity with the ordinance would be unreasonable, <br />impracticable, and not feasible under the circumstances, <br />and granting a variance will not endanger the public health, <br />safety or welfare. <br />REASONS FOR VARIANCE: Facts. North Star Estates is a manufactured home <br />community with, at present, 210 manufactured homes. <br />North Star acquired North Star Estates in January 1996. <br />A site plan of North Star Estates (not drawn to scale) is <br />attached as Exhibit B. A unique feature of North Star <br />Estates is the off - street driveway parking that each resident <br />enjoys. The off - street parking benefits North Star Estates <br />and its residents in many ways. Because the vehicles of <br />residents are not parked on the street, safety vehicles, such <br />as police cars and fire trucks, have easier access to and <br />from the homes within North Star Estates. Traffic within <br />North Star Estates moves more freely and safely because <br />the roads are not congested with on- street parking. <br />Maintenance of the street, such as snow removal, is easier <br />because residents park off the street. <br />- 1 - <br />Page 64 <br />