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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 1027-15 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION DENYING A VARIANCE FOR A CURB CUT TO EXCEED 24-FEET WIDE AT 8382 KNOLLWOOD DRIVE; PLANNING CASE VR2015-002 WHEREAS, the applicant, Robert Horbul, property owner of 8382 Knollwood Drive, has applied for a variance to allow the curb cut on his property to be 34 feet wide; and, WHEREAS, 8382 Knollwood Drive is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, and is legally described as follows: Lot 7, Block2, Gustafson’s Addition, Ramsey County, Minnesota PIN: 06-30-23-21-0095 WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding this proposal: 1. Zoning Map 2. Aerial View 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 duly-noticed public hearing regarding this request on May 20, 2015; 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, of which all must be satisfied, in order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission finds that all of the criteria as identified in Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code are not satisfied, and finds there not to be sufficient practical difficulty with regard to the property located at 8382 Knollwood Drive, and makes the following findings of fact related to its decision: