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• MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 509-97 <br /> CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> RESOLUTION APPROVING A REDUCTION IN THE FRONT SETBACK <br /> REQUIREMENT FROM 30 FEET TO 24 FEET FOR CONSTRUCTION <br /> OF A COVERED ENTRYWAY AT 5377 QUINCY STREET; <br /> PLANNING CASE NO. 484-97 <br /> WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the request of Twin <br /> Cities Habitat for Humanity to allow a 24 foot front setback where 30 feet is required for the <br /> construction of a covered entryway at 5377 Quincy Street; and, <br /> WHEREAS, this property is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential District and is legally <br /> described as: <br /> The South 140 feet of the east 84 feet.of Lot 1, Block 1, <br /> Lambert's Addition, Ramsey County <br /> WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents associated <br /> with this request: <br /> 1. Planning Application <br /> 2. Zoning Map • <br /> 3. Building Front Elevation <br /> 4. Letter from the Applicant <br /> 5. Encroachment Map <br /> WHEREAS, the applicant presented a hardship statement to the Planning Commission <br /> stating that the lot dimensions established as a result of an earlier minor subrlivisinn prevent <br /> development anywhere on the lot other than the middle 24 feet and that, because of the front and <br /> rear setbacks, typical improvements such as porches and covered entryways are not possible on <br /> this lot without a certain level of encroachment and allowing for the entryway to be built would <br /> not be granting a special privilege; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the literal interpretation of the provisions of this Title would deprive the <br /> applicant of rights commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same district in that porches and <br /> decks are a typical improvements in this neighborhood and elsewhere in the R-1 single family <br /> residential district; and <br /> WHEREAS, special conditions or circumstances do not result from the actions of the <br /> • applicant in that the proposed location of the covered entryway is necessitated by the location of <br /> the house, which has been necessitated by the lot dimensions and setbacks; and, <br />