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Mounds View Planning Commission September 1, 1999 Regular Meeting Page 2 4110 4. Approval of Minutes A. August 4, 1999 MOTION/SECOND: Stevenson/Miller to approve the May 19, 1999 meeting minutes as corrected. Ayes— 8 Nays — 0 The motion carried. 5. Planning Case No. 568-99 Property Involved: 8359 Red Oak Drive Consideration of a variance request to allow for a 44-foot wide driveway. Applicant: John Henning The applicant was present. Planning Associate Ericson gave the staff report as follows: • The applicant, John Henning, property owner at 8359 Red Oak Drive, has requested that the Planning Commission approve a variance for a driveway nine feet wider than is allowed by Code. The maximum width for a driveway is 35 feet. The applicant wishes to add a nine-foot wide parking pad alongside the garage, which, to provide access for, causes the driveway to increase to a width of 44 feet. The driveway, however, narrows to 14 feet as it approaches the street. Ericson stated the subject property is located north of Ardan Avenue, between Ardan Avenue and County Road J. He stated the house was built this year, and the applicant is in the process of completing the exterior work and landscaping, and the driveway was the last project undertaken. He stated, at the time Mr. Henning submitted his application for the driveway, he was told that the Code ; • '1' - •• • '.- 9.. •, . • . . ••' , - . •• '_• • - - - . . -- - Ericson stated staff has reviewed the seven criteria presented for examination in granting a variance, in order to establish a hardship or extraordinary circumstance that would warrant the granting of such a variance. He provided a brief overview of the criteria, and stated that staff was not able to discern any clear and defined hardship in this case. Ericson stated the applicant has a three-car garage, which cannot be expanded any further due to setbacks and the width of the house, nor can it be expanded to the rear, therefore, it is as large as it can be on the subject lot. He stated, in this regard, staff understands the applicant's position, in that 4110 it would be nice to have a parking space along the side of the garage, so as not to block one of the three access doors to the garage. He stated, however, this would require creating a driveway that is larger than that allowed by the Code.