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Mounds View Planning Commission September 13, 2000 Special Meeting Page 10 to make it more aesthetically appealing but if the back of the building faces Tom Thumb there would be no need for aesthetics. Mr. Gustafson said Mr. Zwirn had said last week there was a plan to put up an eight foot fence so he couldn’t see out. He said he wanted to make it clear there is no proposal on any of the plans presented to have an eight-foot fence. They were proposing lilac bushes which can be trimmed. He said if the building is towards Greenfield Avenue the neighbor would not be able to see anything. But if the back of the building were toward Tom Thumb, it would be better for Mr. Zwirn. Chairperson Peterson said there seems to be a little support for the idea of moving the parking lot toward the Greenfield Avenue side so the wording of the resolution could be simplified and there are fewer changes required. Planner Ericson said Staff would put together another site plan showing how it could work out given the variances that would be granted by the Planning Commission this evening. Mr. Mezzenga asked what the worst case would be if the Commission granted a variance for more parking spots. Chairperson Peterson said he needs to meet the minimum requirements for a hardship and the Commission felt 20 parking spots was too many. Mr. Mezzenga said he doesn’t want to get into a position where it becomes a larger monetary investment to have plans drawn and then need to come back and revisit parking issue. Commissioner Johnson said flip-flopping the plan in front of them would give him 10 feet in back and would increase the number of parking spots from 14 to 16 because the Commission did not think 14 parking spaces was enough but felt 20 spaces was too many. Commissioner Thomas indicated the Commission is trying to grant the minimum variance that would allow Mr. Mezzenga the maneuverability needed to develop the lot. Chairperson Peterson said he wanted to make sure it is the minimum to alleviate the hardship and then asked Planner Ericson if he had enough information to be able to draft a resolution for approval at the next meeting which is the first meeting in October. Commissioner Kaden asked if they could plug in the new numbers to the resolution before them in order to approve it tonight. Planner Ericson said that would be fine and then asked if there was a consensus to act on the Resolution tonight with the adjusted variances as agreed upon. He stated that the parking lot setbacks would be 25 feet to the Greenfield Avenue side, 15 feet to the side neighbor, five feet to the Tom Thumb side, and 10 feet to the front on County Road I to allow for 10 foot setbacks for the building at the corner and rear.