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• MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 512-97 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE ALLOWING FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT TO BE LOCATED IN THE FRONT YARD OF 2209 BRONSON DRIVE; PLANNING CASE NO. 494-97 WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the request of Diane and Craig Weinmann, residing at 2209 Bronson Drive; and, WHEREAS, this property is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential District and is legally described as: The south 140 feet of the west 75 feet of the east 165.01 feet of Lot 13, Block 1, Spring Lake Park Highlands, Ramsey County, State of Minnesota WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents associated 40¢ with this request: 1. Planning Application 2. Zoning Map 3. Site Plan 4. Letter from Applicant/Photo Documentation WHEREAS, the applicants are faced with a hardship not of their own making in that the line connecting an existing air conditioning unit to their furnace room has deteriorated and needs to be replaced. The line is embedded in a finished ceiling and cannot be replaced in the same • . •• a .I i• !. • • ' V Y • - WHEREAS, special conditions or circumstances do not result from the actions of the applicants in that inferior materials were used in the installation of the air conditioner and the lines to the furnace are buried within the finished ceiling of the basement, all of which occurred prior to the applicants taking possession of the house; and, WHEREAS, granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicants any special privilege that is denied by this Title to owners of other lands, structures or buildings in the same district in that the benefits of air conditioning are often desired by home owners and the placement of air conditioning units outside is a typical improvement in single family districts; and,