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Resolution 1059-16 October 19, 2016 Page 2 WHEREAS, the Mounds View City Code, Section 1125.02, Subd 6 permits the Community Development Director (City Administrator) to approve an Administrative Variance if the subject property is zoned R-1 or R-2; and the variance is within 25% of the required setback, and not less than 5' from a property line; and, WHEREAS, the subject property is zoned R-1, and the proposed 5' setback encroachment is 11% of the minimum 45' front yard setback; and, WHEREAS, in accordance with the City of Mounds View City Code, Section 1125.02, Subd 6(b), the Community Development Director has reviewed the variance request, and finds that it is consistent with the variance criteria listed in the City Code Section 1125.02, Subd 2: a. The variance is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the City Code. b. The variance is consistent with the comprehensive plan: Goal 2: Maintain and upgrade the existing housing stock of the City Policies: b. Use housing projects to promote economic development and tax base expansion. Goal 4: Encourage residential infill and redevelopment that supports the City's housing goals and maintains residential character. C. The applicant's proposed covered front stoop is a reasonable use of the property, not permitted by the City Code because of the front yard setback encroachment. d. Unique circumstances apply to the property which do not apply to other properties in the same zone or vicinity and result from lot size or shape, topography or other circumstances over which the owner of the property since the enactment of this Title has had no control. The unique circumstances do not result from the actions of the applicant. The home was built in 1962, and is set back closer to the street than other homes on the same side of the block. If other homes had been built at the minimum required 30' front yard setback, the greater 45' setback would not be applicable, and a variance for the covered stoop would not be necessary. e. The variance does not alter the essential character of the neighborhood. The addition of the covered front stoop onto the home will enhance the character of the home, and the neighborhood. f. The variance requested is the minimum variance which would alleviate the practical difficulty. Economic conditions alone do not constitute practical difficulties. The 5' X 5' covered front stoop is not excessively large.