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<br /> <br />Item No: 7A <br />Meeting Date: August 12, 2013 <br />Type of Business: Public Hearing <br />Administrator Review: ________ <br /> <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing – Resolution 8132, Consideration of a <br />Conditional Use Permit for an Oversized Garage at 2917 <br />County Road H2; Planning Case MU2013-001-CU-1 <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />The applicant, Peter McIntyre, is requesting approval of a conditional use permit for an <br />oversize detached garage on his property at 2917 County Road H2. The applicant wants to <br />expand his existing 840 square foot garage and make it 10 feet deeper, to 30’w’x 38’d, <br />(1,140 square feet). <br /> <br />The applicant has submitted plans for a garage larger and taller than what the City Code <br />allows without a planning action. The City limits the size of accessory buildings, whether <br />attached or detached from the house, to a maximum of 952 square feet. Any single building <br />larger than 952 square feet must get City approval of a conditional use permit. The garage <br />the applicant is proposing would be 1,140 square feet. The applicant also requested a <br />variance to build the garage addition the same height as the garage currently is, which no <br />longer meets the Zoning Code. The garage height met the Zoning Code at the time it was <br />built, but is now considered legal non-conforming. On August 7, 2013, the Planning <br />Commission approved a height variance for the expanded area to be the same height as the <br />existing garage. <br /> <br />Conditional Use Permit Discussion <br /> <br />Requirements: <br />Section 1106.03, Subd. 1: This part of the Code limits the height of an accessory building, <br />the number of accessory buildings, the backyard coverage ratio of accessory buildings and <br />specifies roof style and pitch. A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is required for garages <br />exceeding 952 square feet. <br /> <br />Section 1106.04, Subd. 6: This part of the Code enumerates the conditions for garages <br />exceeding 952 square feet. The garage must be permanent, be uniform in appearance with <br />the home, not exceed 35 feet in width, and not exceed 1,800 square feet of total accessory <br />building area on the lot. <br />Section 1125.01, Subd. 1: The Planning Commission and City Council are required to <br />review the possible adverse effects of the requested conditional use.