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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION <br />RESOLUTION NO. 1004-14 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A SIX-FOOT TALL <br />FENCE IN THE SOUTH FRONT YARD OF 5045 EASTWOOD ROAD; <br />MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING CASE VR2014-003 <br />WHEREAS, the applicant, Blaine Fyksen, has applied for a variance to allow a <br />six-foot tall fence in the south front yard (near County Road H) of his property at 5045 <br />Eastwood Road; and, <br />WHEREAS, 5045 Eastwood Road is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, and <br />legally described as follows: <br />Twelve Oaks, Lot 8, Block 3, Ramsey County, Minnesota <br />PIN 07-30-23-44-0075 <br />WHEREAS, Section 1103.08 of the Mounds View Zoning Code indicates that the <br />maximum height of a fence in a front yard four feet (4'); and, <br />WHEREAS, the applicant has applied for a variance to allow a six foot (6') fence <br />in the front yard abutting County Road H; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following <br />documents about this proposal: <br />1. Zoning Map <br />2. Aerial Photo <br />3. Photographic Documentation <br />4. Staff Report <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of the variance provision in the Zoning Code is to give <br />relief to property owners when the strict enforcement of the zoning code requirements <br />imposes a hardship thereby restricting the improvement of property due to practical <br />difficulties brought about by unique or extraordinary features of the physical property <br />that are beyond the property owner's control; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on Wednesday, May <br />21, 2014, about this variance request; and, <br />