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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION <br />RESOLUTION NO. 1029-15 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING A TWO FOOT SETBACK VARIANCE FOR A GARAGE AND <br />DRIVEWAY AT 8330 GROVELAND ROAD; PLANNING CASE VR2015-004 <br />WHEREAS, property owners, Michael and Andrea Shoup, have applied for a two foot <br />(2) setback variance to allow a garage and driveway to have a 3 -foot setback from the south <br />property line; and, <br />WHEREAS, the subject property, located at 8330 Groveland Road is zoned R-1, Single <br />Family Residential, and is legally described as follows: <br />Auditor's Subdivision No. 89, Subject to Roads and Easements, Except the West 211.60 <br />feet of the South 100 Feet of Lot 43, Ramsey County, Minnesota <br />PIN: 06-30-23-21-0058 <br />WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following <br />documents regarding this proposal: <br />1. Zoning Map <br />2. Aerial View <br />3. Photographic Documentation <br />4. Staff Report <br />WHEREAS, Section 1104.01 Subd. 4a(1) of the Mounds View Zoning Code indicates <br />that accessory buildings and driveways shall be set back at least five feet (5'); and, <br />WHEREAS, the applicants have applied for a variance to allow a garage and driveway to <br />have a three (3) foot setback; and, <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of the variance provision in the Zoning Code is to give relief to <br />property owners when the strict enforcement of the zoning code requirements imposes a <br />hardship thereby restricting the improvement of property due to practical difficulties brought <br />about by unique or extraordinary features of the physical property that are beyond the property <br />owner's control; and, <br />