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Item No: 7A <br />Meeting Date: August 13, 2007 <br />Type of Business: Public Hearing <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: Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for an <br />Oversized Garage at 8290 Sunnyside Road; <br /> Planning Case No. CU2007-004 <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The applicants, Tim Clemons and Collette O’Donovan, are requesting approval of a <br />conditional use permit for an oversized detached garage on their property at 8290 Sunnyside <br />Road. They would like to add a 22’x24’ addition to the east side of the existing garage. The <br />current garage size is 32 feet wide, 24 feet deep and 768 square feet. With the new addition <br />the garage would be 54 feet wide and 24 feet deep with a total square footage of 1,296. <br /> <br />The plot plan submitted indicates a garage area in excess of what is allowed without a <br />conditional use permit. Accessory buildings, attached or detached, are limited to 952 square <br />feet. Anything beyond 952 square feet must go through a conditional use permit application <br />process. Oversize garages are limited to being 35 feet wide, and anything beyond 35 feet in <br />width must go through the variance process. On Wednesday, July 25, 2007, the Planning <br />Commission unanimously approved a variance for the garage to be 54 feet wide. <br /> <br />Discussion <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, which are that the garage be permanent, be uniform in <br />appearance with the home, and not exceed 1,800 square feet of total accessory building area <br />on the lot. <br />Section 1125.01, Subd. 1: The City Council is required to review the possible adverse effects <br />of the requested conditional use. <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Except for the width, the request for a Conditional Use Permit to construct the 1,296 square <br />foot garage satisfies the requirements as stated in Section 1106.03 and 1106.04, Subdivision <br />6 of the Mounds View Zoning Code. All setback requirements would be satisfied with this <br />request.