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Mourad Variance Appeal Report August 9, 2004 Page 12 MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 763-04 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION DENYING A VARIANCE FOR A THIRTY-SIX (36) FOOT CURB CUT WIDTH; PLANNING CASE NO. VR2004-006 WHEREAS, Michel Mourad has applied for a variance from the maximum curb cut width requirement to allow a previously constructed driveway addition to remain on the property located at 7090 Silver Lake Road; and, WHEREAS, the subject parcel is legally described as follows: North 135 feet of Lot 96, Knollwood Park Ramsey County, State of Minnesota WHEREAS, the parcel is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential; and, WHEREAS, the maximum curb cut width allowed in R-1 zoning districts is 24 feet; and, WHEREAS, the applicant has constructed a driveway addition that increased the curb cut width to 36 feet without a permit; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding this proposal: 1. Application 2. Zoning Map 3. Location Map 4. Site Plan 5. Staff Report WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing regarding this request on July 7, 2004; and, WHEREAS, the purpose of the variance provision in the Zoning Code is to give relief to property owners when the strict enforcement of the zoning code requirements imposes a hardship thereby restricting the improvement of property due to practical difficulties brought about by unique or extraordinary features of the physical property that are beyond the property owner’s control; and, WHEREAS, according to Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code, the Planning Commission is to review a standard set of criteria, of which all must be satisfied, in order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code.