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Item No: 10 B 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 Resolution 5442, a Resolution Approving a Conditional Use Permit for an Oversized Garage at 2251 Oakwood Drive, Planning Case No. CU00-007. Date of Report: May 19, 2000 Background: The applicant, Kenneth Waste, is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to construct an attached 1,150 square-foot garage on his property located at 2251 Oakwood Drive. Mr. Waste has indicated that the existing single-stall garage is in poor condition and needs to be replaced. The lot is 12,000 square feet, slightly larger than the minimum allowed in the City. It is improved with a one and a half story home which at some point has had the upper level fully expanded on the side facing the street. The existing detached garage situated alongside the home will be demolished to make room for the proposed garage, which would be built in the same location in the side yard. There is a shed in the rear yard which would also be removed in conjunction with the proposed garage construction. Discussion: Section 1106.4, Subdivision 6, lists the specific conditional use permit requirements for garages larger than 952 square feet. These requirements, such as setbacks and maximum square-footage would be met with this proposal. The Code sets an upper limit of accessory storage space on a property at 1,400 square feet. The applicant is proposing to attach the 1,150 square-foot garage to the house, maintaining the same front setback as the house. The garage would be at least five feet from the side property line. The Comprehensive Plan encourages the development and maintenance of residential areas so as to improve the quality, appearance and attractiveness of housing units and residential property in general. The Comprehensive Plan designates this property, 2251 Oakwood Drive, as low-density residential. The 12,000 square-foot lot is small, yet typical for this area of Mounds View. Most of the homes in this subdivision are older, one and a half story cape cods that were built in the early 1950s—one of the first subdivisions built in the City. Most of the homes were built with detached single-stall garages, which by today’s standards, is not sufficient for the typical multi-car family. Many of the property owners in this area have already expanded or replaced the original garages.