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Resolution 1028-15 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission finds that the criteria as identified in Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code are satisfied and finds there to be sufficient practical difficulty with regard to the property located at 7930 Sunnyside Road, and makes the following findings of fact related to its decision: 1. The general intent of the Zoning Code regarding setbacks is to create physical separation between driveways for aesthetics and a sense of privacy for the property owners. The new driveway will be in the same location as it has been for over 40 years. 2. The variance is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan in that the applicant is improving the property. 3. The applicant is requesting this variance because the driveway will run past the house that only has a setback of 13 feet, and in order to have a 11 foot wide drive aisle past the house, the driveway setback will be 2 feet. 4. This property has had a detached garage with the existing driveway location for 40 years. The driveway location was approved when it was installed in 1972, and the applicant wants to be able to maintain a useable driveway width since it runs right next to the house. 5. There will be little change to the existing character of the neighborhood since the driveway will be in the same location. The new driveway will be an improvement to the neighborhood. 6. The 3 -foot variance is the minimum variance required to alleviate the applicant's practical difficulty since that is what the zoning code requires for driveway setbacks. 7. The Planning Commission may impose conditions upon the premises as may be necessary to comply with city standards and to minimize the effect of such variance upon other properties in the neighborhood. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission, based upon the above findings, approves the variance request of James Anderson, owner of 7930 Sunnyside Road, to allow a driveway to have a two (2) foot setback. Adopted this 20th day of May, 2015. ATTEST: Gary Stevenson, Chair James Ericson, City Administrator (SEAL)