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RESOLUTION NO. 8284 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION UPHOLDING A VARIANCE DENIAL FOR A SECOND CURB CUT AT 7800 GROVELAND ROAD; PLANNING CASE VR2014-004 WHEREAS, the applicant, Frands Jensen, property owner of 7800 Groveland Road, has applied for a variance to allow a second curb cut on his property; and, WHEREAS, 7800 Groveland Road is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, and is legally described as follows: Haluptzok’s Terrace, Lot 1, Block 1, Ramsey County, Minnesota PIN 06-30-23-34-0026 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 21, 2014 and passed Resolution 1005-14 on June 4, 2014 that denied the variance request for a second curb cut; and, WHEREAS, according to Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code, the City Council 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 City Council 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 7800 Groveland Road, and makes the following findings of fact related to its decision: DENIAL