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Mounds View Planning Commission September 15, 1999 Regular Meeting Page 6 • 6. Planning Case No. 569-99 Property Involved: 8011 Sunnyside Road Consideration of Resolution 594-99, a resolution recommending approval of a conditional use permit for an oversized garage. Applicant: Donald Mackeben The applicant was present. Planning Associate Ericson gave the staff report as follows: The applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit to construct an addition to his garage at 8011 Sunnyside Road. The existing garage is 720 square feet and does not presently require a Conditional Use permit, however, the applicant proposes to construct a 320 square foot addition to the rear of the garage, to be used for a workshop/hobby area. He stated this would create a garage 1,040 square feet in size, and would therefore require a Conditional Use Permit. Planning Associate Ericson stated the exiting house, at approximately 1,400 square feet, is larger than the garage, even after the proposed expansion. He noted the proposed addition would be located to • the rear of the garage, and would not be visible from the street, or from two of the adjoining properties. He noted it would be visible from the property to the south, where it would be seven feet from the property line. He stated there is a 125-foot space between the addition, and the property located to the rear, and 100 feet or more to the property line to the north. He stated in terms of screening and spacing, the proposal meets the requirements. He added the size of the garage is well within the Code requirements, would not be larger than the house, and does not create extra stalls, so there would not be any additional traffic going in and out of the structure. Planning Associate Ericson stated staff has reviewed the general Conditional Use criteria, and these have all been addressed and satisfied. He explained, in light of this, staff has drafted a resolution, Resolution 594-99, which recommends to the City Council the approval of this Conditional Use Permit request. Commissioner Miller stated she had driven by the property, and was not able to determine the aspects of the proposal based upon what she had seen. She requested clarification. Donald Mackeben, the applicant explained he was in the process of demolishing the existing garage. He noted three to four years prior, snow had caused the garage roof to cave somewhat. He commented the garage needed new siding and garage doors, and when he obtained estimates to replace the siding, doors and roof, he determined it would be less expensive to take down the old garage, and rebuild. He explained the garage would be constructed on the same slab, exactly as it had been, with the exception of a 6-12 pitch, rather than a 4-12 pitch on the roof, to prevent the • previous problem from reoccurring.