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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 851-06 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FOR A ZERO-FOOT DRIVEWAY SETBACK AT 8378 GROVELAND ROAD; MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING CASE VR2006-008 WHEREAS, the applicants, Mitch & Alison Ford, have applied for a variance to allow for a driveway with a zero-foot setback from the property line of their property located at 8378 Groveland Road; and, WHEREAS, from January 2000 to September 2004, Section 1104.01, Subd. 4b of the City Code allowed for a one-foot driveway setback in a residential district with the written consent of the adjacent property owner; and, WHEREAS, 8378 Groveland Road is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, and is legally described as follows: AUDITOR'S SUBDIVISION NO. 89 (MV) SUBJECT TO RD & EX WEST 241.6 FEET & EX NORTH 75 FEET & EX SOUTH 75 FEET; THE SOUTH 1/2 OF LOT 42 WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding this proposal: 1. Planning Application 2. Zoning Map 3. Aerial View 4. Signed letter of agreement from neighbor 5. Written Statements from Property Owners 6. Letters from Neighbors 7. Staff Report 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, the Planning Commission held a duly-noticed public hearing regarding this request on September 20, 2006; 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.