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Item No: 9C Meeting Date: March 14, 2005 Type of Business: Public Hearing City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View City Council From: Kristin Prososki, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of a Variance to Allow for a Reduced Number of Covered Parking Spaces at Greenfield Estates Located at 2370 County Road I and 7521-7661 Greenfield Avenue; Planning Case VR2005- 002 Introduction: The applicant, Alan Menning, representing Greenfield Properties Limited Partnership LLP, is proposing to demolish the existing garages and construct new garages at Greenfield Estates located at 2370 County Road I and 7521 – 7661 Greenfield Avenue. The proposal includes demolishing the existing 126 individually divided garage stalls and constructing 100 new garage stalls in a drive through style. The Zoning Code requires one covered parking space per unit. Greenfield Estates has 125 units and would be required to have 125 covered parking spaces. The applicant is requesting a variance from this requirement that would allow them to have 100 covered parking spaces, which is 25 less than the required amount. This request was heard before the Planning Commission during a public hearing on February 16, 2005. The Planning Commission voted to deny the appeal based on lack of hardship. Mr. Menning is exercising his right to appeal the Planning Commission’s denial of his variance request. The applicant was originally requesting to reduce the number of covered parking stall (garages) to 78, which is 47 stalls less than the required 125. The applicant has decided to amend his variance request to reduce the covered parking stalls to 100. During the public hearing, the Planning Commission also considered allowing the applicant to reduce the number to 100, as opposed to the initially requested 78, however, the Planning Commission ultimately voted 3-3 on the resolution approving the reduction to 100 garage stalls. The resolution failed for lack of majority. Discussion: Parking requirements are addressed in Section 1121.13 of the Zoning Code. The Code requires that multiple-family dwellings provide one and one half uncovered parking spaces and one covered space per unit. Greenfield Estates has a total of 125 units. The applicant is requesting to be allowed to reduce the number of covered parking spaces to 100 and provide 225 uncovered parking spaces. The table below shows the existing and proposed number of parking stalls, as well as the code requirements. Code Requirement Existing Parking Proposed Parking Covered Parking 125 126 100 Uncovered Parking 188 160 225 Total 313 286 325