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Item No: 7A <br />Meeting Date: May 10, 2010 <br />Type of Business: Public Hearing <br />Administrator Review: ________ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing - Consideration of a Conditional Use <br />Permit for an Oversized Garage at 7406 Spring Lake <br />Road; Planning Case No. CU2010-001 <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The applicants, Jason and Darcie Kramber, are requesting approval of a conditional use <br />permit to construct an oversized garage on their property at 7406 Spring Lake Road. The <br />Kramber’s own this vacant lot and plan to build a new home. The applicants want to build a <br />3-car garage that has extra storage space with the construction of their new home. <br /> <br />The applicants have submitted new house plans that include a garage that would be larger <br />than what the City Code allows. The City limites the size of accessory buildings, whether <br />attached or detached from the house, to a maximum of 952 square feet. Anything larger <br />than 952 square feet must get City approval of a conditional use permit. The garage the <br />Kramber’s are proposing with their new house would be 1,020 square feet. The applicants <br />indicate that they want the extra space for storage. <br /> <br />Requirements: <br /> <br />Section 1106.03, Subd. 1: This part of the Code limits the height of an accessory building, <br />the number of accessory buildings and the backyard coverage ratio of accessory buildings. <br />A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is required for garages 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 is required to review the possible <br />adverse effects of the requested conditional use. <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The request for a Conditional Use Permit to construct the 1,020 square foot garage satisfies <br />the requirements as stated in Section 1106.03 and 1106.04, Subdivision 6 of the Mounds <br />View Zoning Code. The proposed house and garage would meet all City setback <br />requirements.