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Planning Commission Resolution 590-99 August 18, 1999 • Page 3 8. Adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and necessary facilities have been or will be provided. Adding on to a small garage would not create a greater impact on existing public facilities,parks, schools or services, on utilities or access roads, nor would it create an increase in traffic on adjacent streets. 2. The use will be sufficiently compatible or separated by distance or screening from adjacent residentially zoned or used land so that existing homes will not be depreciated in value and there will be no deterrence to development of vacant land. 3. The structure and site shall have an appearance that will not have an adverse effect upon adjacent residential properties. Because the house to the east is set back further from the street than the house and garage at 2809 Woodale Drive, any expansion to the subject garage would be fully visible to people on both Woodale Drive and Silver Lake Road, in addition to the abutting property owners. There would be little if any screening of the proposed 54 foot long garage, the appearance of which would likely have an adverse effect upon adjacent residential properties. 4. The use, in the opinion of the City Council, is reasonably related to the overall needs of the • 5. City and to the existing land use. The use is consistent with the purposes of the Zoning Code and the purposes of the zoning district in which the applicant intends to locate the proposed use. 6. The use is not in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan of the City. Garages and detached accessory outbuildings are typical uses in residential areas, and allow for the storage of vehicles and yard and garden equipment. A garage expansion in and of itself would be consistent with the intent of the Zoning Code, although the Code stipulates that any time a proposed garage or garage expansion becomes larger than the house, City review in the form of a conditional use permit is required. The intent of this provision is grounded in the concern that a garage should not excessively dominate the property or create a proportional imbalance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mounds View Planning Commission, after reviewing the documents associated with this proposal, the possible adverse effects and criteria for CUP approval, does hereby recommend denial of the conditional use permit for a 1,296 square-foot garage due to the existence of adverse effects resulting from the expanded garage and the finding that the general criteria for approval cannot be satisfied. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Planning Commission directs staff to forward this resolution to the City Council prior to approval of the minutes.