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Item No. Air <br />Staff Report No. <br />Meeting Date: August 2, 1999 <br />Type of Business: WS <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: ConsentAgenda; CB: Council Business <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor & City Council <br />From: James Ericson, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Discussion regarding a requested conditional use permit for an <br />oversized garage to be located at 2809 Woodale Drive <br />Date of Report: July 21, 1999 <br />Background: <br />The applicant, Tim Skeate, is requesting a conditional use permit to construct an oversized garage <br />at his property located at 2809 Woodale Drive. This item will be before the Planning Commission <br />on August 4, 1999. <br />Discussion: <br />The primary issue of concern with this request is the proposed size of the garage in relation to the <br />size of the house. The house is 400 square feet and the existing garage is 720 square feet. The <br />garage is currently one and a half times the size of the house, and the applicant would like to add <br />another 576 square feet to the garage, bringing the total square footage to 1,296 square feet. At <br />that size, the garage would be THREE times the size of the house. <br />In the past, the Planning Commission and Council have been reluctant to approve CUPs for <br />garages that are substantially larger than the home. The imbalance of having a garage dominate <br />the property calls to question visual aesthetics as well as a garage's intended purpose to serve the <br />dwelling, not the other way around. The dwelling is the principal structure on the lot, the garage <br />an accessory thereto. Approving a CUP to allow for a garage that would three times the size of <br />the house, in staff s opinion, would be excessive and not in keeping with past practice and the <br />intent of the City Code. <br />Staff will be recommending to the Planning Commission that they either recommend denial of the <br />request or approval of a smaller -scale addition. <br />Direction: <br />Staff has brought this item to the Council's attention for informational purposes. If there are any <br />concerns or questions that should be addressed prior to the Commission meeting on August 4, <br />1999, please notify staff. This item will be on your August 23 agenda after having set the public <br />hearing at your August 9 meeting. <br />James Ericson, Planning Associate <br />N:\DATA\GROUPS\COMDEV\DEVCASES\566-99\WORKSESS.RPT <br />