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Resolution 8284 <br /> Page 2 <br /> WHEREAS, according to Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View <br /> Municipal Code, the City Council is to review a standard set of criteria, of which all must <br /> be satisfied, in order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View City Council finds that <br /> the criteria as identified in Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal <br /> Code are satisfied and finds there to be sufficient practical difficulty with regard to the <br /> property located at 7800 Groveland Road, and makes the following findings of fact <br /> related to its decision: <br /> 1. Section 1121.09 Subdivision 5e of the Zoning Code states that single-family lots <br /> shall be limited to one curb cut per property unless it is in the interest of public <br /> safety to waive such. The detached garage is accessed regularly by a vehicle <br /> and it would be easier to access with a second curb cut. <br /> 2. The Comprehensive Plan supports good traffic management for safer vehicle <br /> movements on streets. <br /> 3. The applicant built a second garage to store all his vehicles inside. A second <br /> curb cut would eliminate any damage to the existing curb. <br /> 4. The applicant built the second garage on the south side of the property because <br /> there are large, mature trees next to the attached garage that would have been <br /> removed to expand the existing garage. <br /> 5. A second curb cut should not alter the character of the residential neighborhood. <br /> 6. Adding the second curb cut is the minimum variance possible to alleviate what <br /> the applicant has stated is his difficulty. <br /> 7. Staff recommends that the second curb cut width be limited to a maximum of 20 <br /> feet, the width of the garage. <br />