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Plauning Commission Resolution No. 485-96 <br />November 6, I996 <br />Pag� 3 <br />e. That the variance requested is the minimum variance which wouId al��viate th� �g������, <br />Econorruc conditions aIone shalI not be considered a hardship. <br />The parking ratios for retaiI squace footage in the Mounds View Zoning Cod� �;����:� � <br />excessive requirement for shopping centers of this size. The City's parlcing ratio a.t on� <br />space per 100 feet is inore Yhan twice the ratio used in other nearby jurisdicti��a�y �ai� <br />when applied to a shopping cenier of over ld0,000 square feet, creates a burd�r�sora�� <br />require�ent. The rrior� typical requirement is 4.0 - 5.0 sp�ces per lOdO squar� �°��i. <br />Aliowir�� the use of 4.5 spaces per 1004 square feet for retail space is the mirrim�rrt <br />vari�nce needed to address the hardship. The paxking ratios for restauran�� a�scs �Y��g� ��t <br />excessive requirement for d'znner house style restaurants, since these restaurants have � <br />slower turnover of customers. The minimum ad}ustment r�eeded in parking ratfos ��ar <br />dinner house style restaurants is to req�aire one parking space for each SO squar� �eet a� <br />gross floor area. <br />b. The literal interpretation of the provisions of this Titie would depcive the applic�� ���i�h�� <br />commanly enjoyed by other properties in the same district under the terms of this 'Tit��. <br />d. That ganting the variance requested will not confer on the applicant any special privilege <br />that is denied by this Title to owners of other lands, structures or buildings in the sam� <br />disirict. <br />Owners of shopping centers similar in size to Mounds View Square and of dinner h�us� <br />style restaurants wouid face the saene di�culiy that the appiicant is experien�in� ��a� te� <br />the higher-than-typical par%ing ratio for these uses in the Zoning Code. Using a�atio of <br />I O spaces per 1004 squar� feet for retail space, and .1 space per 40 square feet for dining <br />space requires an excessive investment in parking which is especial(y acute with th� <br />shopping center oithis size. <br />f. The variance woald not be materially detrimental to the purpose of this Title or to other <br />properCy in the same zone, <br />g. The proposed variance will not impair an adequate supply of tight and air to ad�acent <br />property or substantially increase the congesfiion o#`the �ubiic streets or increas� ih� d���r <br />of fue or endanger the public safety or substantially diminish or impair property vatu�s. <br />The e�stin� shoppin� cente� contains 102,035 squace feet and has 4i7 parking spaces, or <br />a ratio of 4.67 packing spaces per 1000 square feet. Th�; appticant has nine shopping <br />centers, af which four are in the same size range as Mounds 'View Squa.re. The average <br />parking ratio for ihese four centers is 4.72 parking spaces per 1000 gross square feet <br />regardless af use. The successfui operation of ihese centers illustrates the fact �hai usang a <br />ratio of 4.5 spaces per 1000 square feet for retail space is an appropriate ratio and wilt not <br />b� detrimental to ihe purposes of the Zoning Code. Use of a ratio oi 10 sp�.ces per 1040 <br />