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Mounds View Planning Commission August 18, 1999 Regular Meeting Page 2 4. Approval of Minutes A. July 21, 1999 MOTION/SECOND: Laube/Kaden to approve the July 21, 1999 meeting minutes as corrected. Ayes—6 Nays— 0 The motion carried. 5. Planning Case No. 566-99 Property Involved: 2809 Woodale Drive Consideration of Resolution 590-99, a resolution recommending denial of a conditional use permit for a garage expansion. Applicant: Tim Skeate. The applicant was not present. • Planning Associate Ericson gave the staff report as follows: This applicant has requested a conditional use permit for an expanded garage to be located at 2809 Woodale Drive. The applicant has proposed to increase the size of the existing garage from 720 square feet to 1,296 square feet. Ericson stated, at their last meeting, the Planning Commission and staff had discussed that the house, at 400 square feet, would be substantially smaller than the proposed garage. Ericson stated the proposed 1,296 square-foot garage would, in fact, be three times larger than the house. He stated the Planning Commission and City Council have in the past, been very concerned about this type of imbalance. He stated a garage is intended to be an accessory structure to service .1. I "- . �, • .. • : • -: . - : "- : ::- - •. . 0, .. requirement that a garage be smaller than the house, a garage of this size, were it to be built, would appear out of place and obtrusive. Ericson stated staff and the Planning Commission reviewed the adverse effects associated with this request, and have determined that the proposed expansion would be substantially out of character with the neighborhood, could cause blight upon the neighborhood, and would tend to depreciate the area in which it is located. Ericson stated, in light of the findings associated with the adverse effects and general conditional use 111 permit criteria, the Planning Commission, at its last meeting on August 4, 1999, directed staff to prepare Resolution 590-99, a resolution recommending denial of the conditional use permit request.