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Resolution 8427 <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 /> all of the criteria as identified in Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View <br /> Municipal Code are satisfied, and finds there to be sufficient practical difficulty with <br /> regard to the property located at 8382 Knollwood Drive, and makes the following <br /> findings of fact related to its decision: <br /> 1. The owner has an oversize garage where he keeps his trailers parked inside, <br /> and wants to keep the wider curb cut to make it easier to back them into the <br /> garage. <br /> 2. The Comprehensive Plan supports good traffic management for safer vehicle <br /> movements on streets. Allowing the wider curb cut makes it easier and quicker <br /> for the applicant to back his trailers into his driveway. <br /> 3. The applicant will continue to use the wider driveway in a reasonable manner. <br /> 4. The driveway was not installed by the applicant, and he only wants to maintain <br /> the same width that has been in place for over 35 years for easier access to the <br /> garage. <br /> 5. Approving the variance would allow the driveway to remain as it has for many <br /> years and would not change the character of the neighborhood. <br /> 6. Allowing the 34 foot wide curb cut is the minimum variance possible to alleviate <br /> the difficulty since that is how wide the driveway is currently. <br /> 7. There are no conditions recommended. <br />