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Item No: 9C Meeting Date: October 27, 2003 Type of Business: PH & CB Administrator Review : _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: James Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit to Expand a Garage at 7850 Spring Lake Road; Planning Case No. CU03-004 Introduction: Property owners Joel and Linda Whitbeck are requesting approval of a conditional use permit to expand their garage at 7850 Spring Lake Road. The applicants indicate that the existing garage is too small to meet their needs and that they would like to expand upon it by adding a third stall and a workshop off the back. The expansion would add 390 square feet to the existing 720 square foot garage for a proposed area of 1,110 square feet. Mounds View’s Zoning Code requires a Conditional Use Permit for any garage in excess of 952 square feet. 7850 Spring Lake Road is a larger lot—37,462 square feet—with 112 feet of frontage on Spring Lake Road. Part of the lot extends into Spring Lake. The home is a slab-on-grade construction and there is no basement. Photographs of the lot and the garage are attached for the Council’s review. Requirements: Section 1106.03, Subd. 1: This part of the Code limits the height of an accessory building, the number of accessory buildings and the backyard coverage ratio of accessory buildings. A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is required for garages exceeding 952 square feet. Section 1106.04, Subd. 6: This part of the Code enumerates the conditions for garage exceeding 952 square feet, which are that the garage be permanent, be uniform in appearance with the home, not exceed 35’ in width, and not exceed 1,800 square feet of total accessory building area on the lot. Section 1125.01, Subd. 1: The Planning Commission is required to make a recommendation considering the possible adverse effects of the requested conditional use. Section 1125.01, Subd. 3: The City Council shall consider the advice and recommendation of the Planning Commission and create a recordable findings of fact related to the request. Discussion: The request for a Conditional Use Permit to expand the existing garage by an additional 390 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 40 feet, would exceed the maximum width allowed by five feet. The applicants claimed a hardship and requested a variance to permit the 40-foot wide garage. The Planning Commission held a public hearing and approved the variance on October 15, 2003.