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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 460-96 • CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A HEIGHT VARIANCE FOR A FENCE, THOMAS A. PICK, 2725 SHERWOOD ROAD, PLANNING CASE NO. 446-96 WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the request of Thomas A. Pick for a variance to allow a six foot high fence into the required thirty foot setback for a corner lot, which is a fence two feet higher than that allowed by Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the applicants' property is subject to the requirements set forth in Title 1100 of the Mounds View Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the criteria used to evaluate all variance requests; and WHEREAS, the large mound present on the property represents an extraordinary circumstance which does not generally apply to other properties in the area and did not result from the action so of the applicant; and WHEREAS, the literal interpretation of the applicable provision of a four foot high fence would deprive the applicant from adequate safety for children and animals on the property; and WHEREAS, granting the variance would not confer special privileges on the applicants that are not enjoyed by other property owners in the same district; and WHEREAS, the variance is the minimum required to provide adequate safety to children playing behind the home; and WHEREAS, the variance would have no material effect on other properties in the same zoning district; and WHEREAS, the variance will have no effect on traffic flow or on visibility at the corner of Red Oak Drive and Sherwood Road, as the fence will be placed approximately 50' back from the corner. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mounds View Planning Commission approves the request of Thomas A Pick for a variance to allow placement of six foot high fence within he required thirty foot setback, contingent upon the following: 1) Whenever, within one year after granting the variance the work as