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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Resolution 653-0 I <br />May 2, 2001 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a public hearing was held Wednesday, April 18, 200 I, with regard to this <br />variance request; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, according to Section 1125_02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal <br />Code, the Planning Commission is to review a standard set of criteria, of which all must be <br />satisfied, in order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission <br />hereby makes the following findings of fact related to this request: <br /> <br />1, The internal t100r plan of the home, a preexisting expansion off the back and the setback <br />of the home pose unavoidable and practical difficulties which effectively prohibit further <br />expansion without a variance_ <br /> <br />2_ The literal interpretation of the provisions of the Zoning Code would deprive the applicant <br />of rights commonly enjoyed by other property owners in the R-l, Single-Family residential <br />zoning district in that property improvements are encouraged and that variances to the <br />requirements are often justified when practical difficulties present a hardship as they do in <br />this situation. <br /> <br />3 _ The applicant is not responsible for the conditions or circumstances that necessitate the <br />approval of the variance, <br /> <br />4. The Planning Commission has in the past granted variances for living space additions that <br />encroach into the setback when hardship or practical difficulties prohibit expansion that <br />complies with the City Code. <br /> <br />5. Granting the variance would not confer upon the property owner a special privilege denied <br />to others in the same district due to the unique nature of the existing conditions present on <br />the site. <br /> <br />6, The seven-foot setback is the minimum variance that would alleviate the applicant's <br />hardship, <br /> <br />7_ Staff would not consider the approval of the variance to be materially detrimental to the <br />purpose of the Zoning Code or to other property in the R-l Singie-Family district. <br /> <br />8. The seven-foot setback would not impair a supply oflight or increase congestion, nor <br />would it increase the danger of fire or endanger the public safety or diminish property <br />values_ <br />