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. . . -, I MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 727-03 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FOR A ONE-FOOT SETBACK FOR A GARAGE AT 7375 PLEASANT VIEW DRIVE; VR03-003 WHEREAS, The applicants Jens and Blair Loder applied for a variance from the sideyard setback requirement to allow for a garage constructed one foot from the property line at 7375 Pleasant View Drive; and, WHEREAS, 7375 Pleasant View Drive is zoned R-1 Single Family Residential, and is legally described as follows: North ~ of Lot 69, Spring Lake Park Knolls Addition County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding this proposal: 1. Planning Application 2. Zoning Map 3. Location Map 4. Site Plan 5. Letter from Applicant 6. Photographic Documentation 7. Staff Report WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on Wednesday, May 21,2003, with regard to this variance request; and, WHEREAS, the Mounds View Zoning Code requires that garages and accessory buildings be setback five feet or more from side and rear lot lines; and, WHEREAS, the purpose of the variance provision in the Zoning Code is to give relief to property owners when the strict enforcement of the zoning code requirements imposes a hardship thereby restricting the improvement of property due to practical difficulties brought about by unique or extraordinary features of the physical property that are beyond the property owner's control; and, WHEREAS, according to Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code, the Planning Commission is to review a standard set of criteria, of which all must be satisfied, in order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code.