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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 962-12 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FOR A DRIVEWAY WITH A ZERO SETBACK AT 5046 RAINBOW LANE; PLANNING CASE VR2012-003 WHEREAS, the applicants, Gordon and Marilyn Davis, property owners of 5046 Rainbow Lane, have applied for a variance to allow their driveway to have zero setback; and, WHEREAS, 5046 Rainbow Lane is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, and is legally described as follows: Twelve Oaks, Lot 9, Block 3, Ramsey County, Minnesota PIN 07-30-23-44-0076 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 May 2, 2012; 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 the criteria as identified in Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code are satisfied and finds there to be sufficienf practical difficulty with regard to the property located at 5046 Rainbow Lane, and makes the following findings of fact related to its decision: