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F�esalution 836-06 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission hereby makes the following findings of fact related to this request: 1. The exceptional or extraordinary conditions relating to the variance request is that the house was constructed 24 feet from the side property line, the rear yard is sloped, and almost the entire remaining property is wetland or wetland buffer area which causes limitations as to how the property can be improved. 2. The literal interpretation of the Zoning Code would restrict the property owner's ability to expand and improve upon the layout and functionality of the home. 3. The variance is requested due to the house placement and the grade change directly behind the house, factors over which the applicants have had no control. 4. Granting a variance to allow for the two-foot side yard setback would allow the applicants to have a two car garage in order to park their vehicles indoors, resulting in a better appearance for the neighborhood. 5. Granting the variance would not confer upon the property owners a special privilege denied to others in the same district due to the unique nature of the existing conditions present on the site. 6. The two-foot setback is the minimum variance that would alleviate the applicants' hardship. 7. The construction of new garage would not be materially detrimental to the purpose of the Zoning Code or to other property in the R-1, Single- Family Residential zoning district. 8. A two-foot setback would not impair the supply of light or increase congestion, nor would it increase the danger of fire or endanger the public safety or diminish property values.