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Item No: 10B Meeting Date: June 28, 2004 Type of Business: Public Hearing Administrator Review : ________ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Kristin Prososki, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of a Variance for a Garage in Excess of Width Requirements and a Conditional Use Permit for an Oversized Garage at 2208 Lois Drive; Planning Case No. VA2004-005 and CU2004-001 Introduction: Property owner Michael Read is requesting a variance and a conditional use permit to expand his garage at 2208 Lois Drive. The variance and conditional use permit request were heard before the Planning Commission on May 19, 2004. The Planning Commission voted to deny the variance based on lack of hardship. Because the variance was not granted, the Commission voted to recommend denial of the conditional use permit. Mr. Read is exercising his right to appeal the Planning Commission’s denial of his variance request. The applicant indicates that the existing garage is too small to meet his storage needs and that he would like to expand upon it by adding twenty-six feet on the west side of the existing attached garage. The proposed width of the expanded garage is 48 feet, thirteen feet in excess of what is allowed by City Code. The subject lot has an area of 15,681 square feet and has 147 feet of frontage on Lois Drive. Adjacent to the lot to the west is Judicial Ditch #1, which runs under Lois Drive through Greenfield Park. A two-car garage is attached to the house to the west and there are two smaller outbuildings in the back yard. Discussion: The request for a Conditional Use Permit to expand the 528 square foot garage by an additional 624 square feet satisfies the requirements as stated in Section 1106.03 and 1106.04, Subdivision 6 of the Mounds View Zoning Code with the exception of the proposed width of the building, which at 48 feet exceeds the maximum allowed width by thirteen feet. The applicant has claimed a hardship and is requesting a variance to permit the 48-foot wide garage. The existing two-car garage is attached to the west side of the home and maintains the same front setback as the house. The current setback is approximately 45 feet from the west lot line and approximately 90 feet to the south lot line. The addition would be added on the west side of the garage, which would create a 19-foot side setback on the west side. The proposed square footage of the garage is 1,152 square feet.