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Driveway There are currently two driveway/curb cuts onto West Shadow Lake Drive. The southern curb cut will be eliminated with the roundabout construction. The northern driveway will remain. No variance is needed. CRITERIA AND FINDINGS OF FACT No variance shall be granted unless it meets all the criteria in paragraphs 1. through 7. below. The City shall make findings regarding compliance with these criteria. 1. The variance shall be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the ordinance. The general purpose and intent of the ordinance is to provide a residential atmosphere for the person desiring a single family neighborhood with a suburban density. Building setbacks provide separation between structures and transportation corridors. The variance to allow for varying building setbacks and 6 foot high fence with berm is harmonious with the general purposes and intent of the ordinance. 2. The variance shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan. Per the Comprehensive Plan, the property is guided for Low Density Residential land use. The variance request is consistent with the comprehensive plan. The applicant's property is intended for single family dwellings with houses, garages, driveways and fences. 3. There shall be practical difficulties in complying with the ordinance. "Practical difficulties," as used in connection with the granting of a variance, means that the property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by the ordinance. Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties. Practical difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. The property owner proposes to continue to use the property as a single family house in a reasonable manner. There are practical difficulties in either redesigning the CSAH 34 (Birch Street) and West Shadow Lake Drive intersection or relocating the house. 4. The plight of the landowner shall be due to circumstances unique to the property not created by the landowner. The plight of the landowner is due to the Anoka County's and the City's interest to improve the CSAH 34 (Birch Street) transportation corridor. The roundabout design at the intersection has been modified to minimize property impacts to the greatest extent possible. The circumstances are not created by the property owner. 5. The variance shall not alter the essential character of the locality. 3