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Item No: 10 A Meeting Date: May 22, 2000 Type of Business: PH & CB WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor & City Council From: James Ericson, Planner Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, Discussion and Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for an Oversized Shed at 7474 Groveland Road Date of Report: May 17, 2000 Background: The applicant, Phil Johnson, is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to allow for the construction of a 400 square-foot oversized shed in the backyard of his property at 7474 Groveland Road. The 15,840 square-foot, well maintained lot is improved with a newer brick split-level home and attached two-car garage. There is currently a smaller shed on the property that will be removed to make room for the proposed, larger shed. Numerous mature trees and an 8-foot tall privacy fence shield the back yard of view from adjacent properties. Discussion: Section 1106.4, Subdivision 7 lists the specific conditional use permit requirements for accessory storage buildings in excess of 216 square feet. These requirements, such as setbacks and maximum square-footage would be met with this proposal. The setbacks for an accessory structure are five feet; the applicant is proposing to locate the shed in the southwest corner of the rear yard no closer than five feet to the property line. The area of the proposed shed would be 400 square feet, which is the maximum allowed. The Code requires that by accessory buildings take up no more than 20 percent of a rear yard; this proposal would equate to an 8.9 percent coverage. According to Section 1125.01, Subd. 3, of the Zoning Code, the City Council is to consider eight general conditional use permit requirements in addition to the advice and recommendation of the Planning Commission. These general criteria with responses are as follows: 1. The use will not create an excessive burden on existing parks, schools, streets and other public facilities and utilities which serve or are proposed to serve the area. It is not expected that the oversized shed would have any impact on existing parks, schools, streets and other public facilities and utilities which serve this area. 2. The use will be sufficiently compatible or separated by distance or screening from adjacent residentially zoned or used land so that existing homes will not be depreciated in value and there will be no deterrence to development of vacant