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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 1003-14 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR AN EIGHT -FOOT TALL FENCE IN THE SOUTH FRONT YARD OF 7701 BONA ROAD; MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING CASE VR2014-002 WHEREAS, the applicant, Michael Winkel, has applied for a variance to allow an eight - foot tall fence in the south front yard (near County Road 1) of his property at 7701 Bona Road; and, WHEREAS, 7701 Bona Road is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, and legally described as follows: Greenfield, The South 110 feet of the West % of Lot 11, Block 2. Subject to Road Easements; Ramsey County, Minnesota PIN: 05-30-23-33-0036 WHEREAS, Section 1103.08 of the Mounds View Zoning Code indicates that the maximum height of a fence in a front yard four feet (4'); and, WHEREAS, the applicant has applied for a variance to allow an eight foot (8) fence in the front yard abutting County Road I; and, WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents about this proposal: 1. Zoning Map 2. Aerial Photo 3. Photographic Documentation 4. Staff Report WHEREAS, the purpose of the variance provision in the Zoning Code is to give relief to property owners when the strict enforcement of the zoning code requirements imposes a hardship thereby restricting the improvement of property due to practical difficulties brought about by unique or extraordinary features of the physical property that are beyond the property owner's control; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, about this variance request; and, WHEREAS, according to Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code, the Planning Commission is to review a standard set of criteria that must be satisfied in order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code.