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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Planning Commission Resolution No. 499-97 <br />March 5, 1997 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding <br />this request for a variance in parking ratios: <br /> <br />1. Planning Application <br />2. Zoning Map <br />3. Revised Site Plan, dated 2/28/97 <br />4. Utility, Grading, Drainage and Erosion Control Plans, dated 2/7/97 <br />5. Letter from the Applicant <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission does hereby make the following findings offact <br />regarding the requirements for granting variances as set forth in Section 1125.02, Subd. 2 of the <br />Mounds View Zoning Code: <br /> <br />a. Exceptional or extraordinary circumstances apply to the property which do not apply <br />generally to other properties in the same zone or vicinity and result from lot size or shape, <br />topography or other circumstances over which the owners of the property since the effective <br />date hereof have had no control. <br /> <br />c. <br /> <br />That the special conditions or circumstances do not result from the actions of the <br />applicant <br /> <br />This site is heavily wooded, a portion of which lies in wetland. While there is ample room <br />to provide the full amount of parking required by the Zoning Code, the applicant would <br />prefer to retain much of the tree cover and keep the site as natural as possible. Research <br />has shown that the Mounds View parking requirements are much higher in comparison to <br />neighboring communities and communities across the country. The applicant is not <br />responsible for the City's parking requirements. It is advantageous to retain natural areas as <br />opposed to paving them for parking lots, if the parking provided will be adequate for the <br />use proposed. <br /> <br />b. The literal interpretation of the provisions of this Title would deprive the applicant <br />of rights commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same district under the terms of this title. <br /> <br />d. That granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicant any special <br />privilege that is denied by this title to owners of other lands, structures or <br />buildings in the same district. <br /> <br />The higher-than-normal parking requirements for office and warehouse square footage <br />creates an undue burden on the applicant, and similar consideration would be given to <br />other requests from developers who are proposing to build similar facilities. The <br />development to the south, the Bridges Technology Center, was granted a similar parking <br />variance in 1995. <br />