Planning Commission Resolution 524-97

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. MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 524-97 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A 25-FOOT DRIVEWAY CURB CUT AT 5213 BRIGHTON LANE; PLANNING CASE NO. 498-97 WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the request of Paul Jacobs, residing at 5213 Brighton Lane; and, WHEREAS, this property is zoned R-l, Single Family Residential District and is legally described as: Lot 20, Block 2, Red Oak Estates, Ramsey County, State of Minnesota WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents associated with this request: . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Planning Application Zoning Map Site Plan Photographic Documentation Letter from Applicant Letter from Neighbor Planinng Commission Resolution No. 524-97 WHEREAS, the applicant requests the variance to allow for a 25-foot driveway curb cut, which is three feet wider than what is allowed in Section 1121.09, Subd. 5 of the Mounds View Municipal Code; and, WHEREAS, granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicants any special privilege that is denied by this Title to owners of other lands, structures or buildings in the same district in that driveways in single family residential districts may be as wide as 35 feet; and, WHEREAS, the variance requested is the minimum variance which would alleviate the hardship in that the curb cut is 25 feet wide--the minimum variance necessary to alleviate the non- conformity is three feet; and, WHEREAS, the variance would not be materially detrimental to the purpose of this Title or to other properties in the same zone in that driveways in single family residential districts may . be as wide as 35 feet; and,