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• MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMNIISSION <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 525-97 <br /> CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FOR A. G. ENGEN TO ALLOW FOR A <br /> PERMANENT DRIVEWAY SURFACE WITHIN THE FIVE-FOOT SIDE YARD <br /> SETBACK AT 2229 OAKWOOD DRIVE; PLANNING CASE NO. 496-97 <br /> WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the request of <br /> A. G. ENGEN, residing at 2229 Oakwood Drive; and, <br /> WHEREAS, this property is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential District and is legally <br /> described as: <br /> Lot 26, Block 6, Pinewood Terrace No. 3, <br /> Ramsey County, State of Minnesota <br /> WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents associated <br /> with this request: <br /> • 1. Planning Application <br /> 2. Zoning Map <br /> 3. Site Plan <br /> 4. Photographic Documentation <br /> 5. Letter from Applicant <br /> 6. Letter from Neighbor <br /> 7. Planning Commission Resolution No. 525-97 <br /> WHEREAS, the applicant requests a variance to allow for a permanent driveway surface <br /> to be located within the five-foot side yard setback at 2229 Oakwood Drive; and, <br /> WHEREAS, exceptional or extraordinary circumstances apply to this property over which <br /> the applicant have had no control, in that the existing driveway currently encroaches into the five- <br /> foot setback and installing a new driveway of the same width not in the setback would necessitate <br /> the removal of a fence and significant trees; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the literal interpretation of this Code would deprive the applicant of rights <br /> commonly enjoyed by other property owners in the same district, in that other property owners <br /> are allowed driveways as wide as 35 feet and that because of the mature trees, the applicant <br /> would be unable to retain the driveway at its current width or location if replaced <br /> WHEREAS, granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicants any special <br /> • privilege that is denied by this Title to owners of other lands, structures or buildings in the same <br /> district in that driveways in single family residential districts may be as wide as 35 feet; and, <br />