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Item No: 8A <br />Meeting Date: September 12, 2005 <br />Type of Business: PH & CB <br />Administrator Review: ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Jim Ericson, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of a Conditional Use <br />Permit for an Oversized Garage at 7069 Pleasant View <br />Drive; Planning Case No. CU2005-006 <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The applicant, Tom Hansen, is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to construct <br />an oversized garage associated with the new home planned for 7069 Pleasant View Drive. <br />The new home, replacing a home that was recently demolished, will have a footprint of 2,000 <br />square feet with approximately 3,200 square feet of finished living area. The basement of the <br />new home will be left unfinished initially. <br /> <br />The building plans submitted with the building permit application indicate a garage area in <br />excess of what is allowed by Code. Accessory buildings, attached or detached, are limited to <br />952 square feet. Anything beyond 952 square feet must go through a condition use permit <br />application process. The garage proposed for 7069 Pleasant View Drive is 1,082 square <br />feet, of which about 140 square feet is a designated workshop yet still considered “accessory <br />space” as it is not accessible directly from the home. <br /> <br />Requirements: <br /> <br />Section 1106.03, Subd. 1: This part of the Code limits the height of an accessory building, <br />the number of accessory buildings and the backyard coverage ratio of accessory buildings. <br />A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is required for garages exceeding 952 square feet. <br /> <br />Section 1106.04, Subd. 6: This part of the Code enumerates the conditions for garages <br />exceeding 952 square feet, which are that the garage be permanent, be uniform in <br />appearance with the home, not exceed 35 feet in width, and not exceed 1,800 square feet of <br />total accessory building area on the lot. <br />Section 1125.01, Subd. 1: The Planning Commission is required to review the possible <br />adverse effects of the requested conditional use. <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The request for a Conditional Use Permit to construct the 1,082 square foot garage satisfies <br />the requirements as stated in Section 1106.03 and 1106.04, Subdivision 6 of the Mounds <br />View Zoning Code. The garage is 35 feet wide, the maximum allowed with a conditional use <br />permit. All setback and dimensional requirements would be satisfied with this request