Planning Commission Resolution 525-97

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. . . Planning Commission Resolution No. 525-97 Engen Variance August 20, 1997 Page 2 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 a driveway at this width allows for just enough room to park two vehicles side by side; 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 permanent surfaces such as cement poses less of an environmental impact and is aesthetically more pleasing than gravel, a common temporary parking surface; and WHEREAS, the proposed variance will not impair an adequate supply oflight and air to adjacent property or substantially increase the congestion of the public streets or increase the danger of fire or endanger the public safety or substantially diminish or impair property values within the neighborhood in that the variance request would allow for the replacement of an old disintegrating asphalt drive with a new aesthetically pleasing cement drive in the same location. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL YED that the Mounds View Planning Commission, acting as the Board of Adjustment and Appeals, approves the variance request of A. G. Engen, residing at 2229 Oakwood Drive, with the following conditions: 1. A notation shall be added to the building permit application for the driveway that indicates a variance was granted on August 20, 1997, allowing a permanent driveway surface to be located not closer than one foot to the side yard property line. 2. The driveway to be constructed shall maintain at least a one-foot setback from the marked side yard property line. Adopted this 20th day of August, 1997. ~\>~ Je Peterson, Chairman ATTEST: rfUM-ttJ ~~ James Ericson, Planning Associate ("QA T ) ,;,....J u....