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Item No: 7A <br />Meeting Date: July 26, 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: Resolution 7645, Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for an <br />Oversized Garage at 7515 Knollwood Drive; <br /> Planning Case CU2010-003 <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />The applicant, Richard Wyatt, is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to construct an <br />oversized garage on his property at 7515 Knollwood Drive. The applicant wants to demolish his <br />current attached garage and construct a new larger attached garage. The current garage is a <br />single car size that is 14’ wide x 24’ deep (336 square feet). The applicant wants to build a new <br />double car wide 24’ x 60’ garage with an attached covered patio in the rear. <br /> <br />The site plan submitted shows a garage area in excess of what the City allows without a <br />conditional use permit. Accessory buildings, attached or detached, are limited to 952 square feet. <br />Anything larger than 952 square feet must go through a conditional use permit application process. <br />The garage proposed for 7515 Knollwood would be 1,440 square feet plus an 8’x16’ attached <br />covered patio. The applicant indicates that he wants to have a two-car garage so he can park his <br />vehicles indoors, and have the extra garage depth for a workshop. <br /> <br />CUP Requirements: <br /> <br />Section 1106.03, Subd. 1: This part of the Code limits the height of an accessory building, the <br />number of accessory buildings and the backyard coverage ratio of accessory buildings. A <br />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, which are that the garage be permanent, be uniform in appearance <br />with 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 adverse <br />effects of the requested conditional use. <br />CUP Discussion: <br /> <br />The request for a Conditional Use Permit to construct the 1,440 square foot garage satisfies the <br />requirements as stated in Section 1106.03 and 1106.04, Subdivision 6 of the Mounds View <br />Zoning Code. All dimensional requirements are satisfied with this request. With the new larger <br />garage, covered patio and one shed, the total accessory building square footage would be 1,784 <br />and the backyard coverage ratio would be around 4%.