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Item No: 9B Meeting Date: May 9, 2005 Type of Business: PH and CB 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 Conditional Use Permit to Allow for Two Additional Dwelling Units at a Multifamily Residential Building Located at 2071 Hillview Road; Planning Case No. CU2005-004 Introduction: The applicants, Roger and Rosemary Dickhausen, are requesting approval of a conditional use permit to allow for two additional dwelling units at their multifamily residential building located at 2071 Hillview Road. The applicants are proposing to add two dwelling units to the basement of their existing four-unit building. The building would then have a total of six units, which is the maximum number of units allowed for a property zoned R-3, Medium Density Residential. Discussion: Section 1108.04 of the Zoning Code conditionally allows multifamily dwelling structures containing six (6) or less dwelling units in Medium Density Residential districts. Although the multifamily building already exists, the proposed expansion of the number of units triggers the need for the conditional use permit. The additional dwelling units are proposed to be located in the basement of the existing building, which means that the footprint or size of the building will not be affected. Section 1104.02 of the Zoning Code requires that multiple family uses in an R-3, Medium Density Residential district have a minimum of 2,500 square feet of lot area per unit. If this property were permitted to expand to six (6) dwelling units as requested, the Code would require a minimum of 15,000 square feet. 2071 Hillview Road has an area of 16,553 square feet, which satisfies the Code requirements for lot size. Section 1121.13 of the Zoning Code requires one and a half uncovered parking stalls and one covered stall per dwelling unit. The applicants are planning to construct additional garages in order to satisfy the requirements for covered parking stalls. If the conditional use permit is granted and the building contains six (6) dwelling units, the Code would require 6 covered parking stalls and 9 uncovered parking stalls. The property already has two garage stalls and the applicants are proposing to construct four additional garage stalls in order to satisfy the Code requirements. The proposed garages would be located behind and to the west of the existing building. The garages would have a setback of five (5) feet from the west (side) lot line and approximately thirty-three (33) feet from the north (rear) property line. Section 1104.01 requires a five (5) foot setback, which the proposed garages satisfy. CUP Considerations: Subdivision 3b of Section 1125.01 of the Mounds View Zoning Code indicates that the City Council is to consider a general set of criteria when reviewing conditional use permits in addition to any specific conditions enumerated. These general conditions are listed as follows: