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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 948-11 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION DENYING A VARIANCE FOR A SECOND CURB CUT AND DRIVEWAY AT 6939 PLEASANT VIEW DRIVE; PLANNING CASE VR2011-007 WHEREAS, the applicant, Lois Lestina, property owner of 6939 Pleasant View Drive, has applied for a variance to allow a second curb cut and driveway on her property; and, WHEREAS, 6939 Pleasant View Drive is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, and is legally described as follows: Knollwood Park, Lot 73, Ramsey County, Minnesota PIN 07-30-23-33-0029 WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding this proposal: 1. Zoning Map 2. Aerial View 3. Photographic Documentation 4. 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 21, 2011; 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. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission finds that all of the criteria as identified in Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code are not satisfied, and finds there not to be sufficient hardship with regard to the property located at 6939 Pleasant View Drive, and makes the following findings of fact related to its decision: