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Resolution 1061-16 <br />November 16, 2016 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />Finding: The use of the front yard for a parking lot on this property is a <br />reasonable use, not permitted by the City of Mounds View City Code, <br />Section 1104.01, Subd 4(c)(3)(a), regarding minimum parking lot <br />setbacks. <br /> <br />d. Unique circumstances apply to the property, which do not apply to other <br />properties in the same zone or vicinity and result from lot size or shape, <br />topography or other circumstances over which the owner of the property since the <br />enactment of this Title has had no control. The unique circumstances do not <br />result from the actions of the applicant. <br /> <br />Finding: The unique circumstances include the civic uses of this property, <br />including the Public Works Facility, City Hall, and City Hall Park. <br />Because of the limited availability of land, the least impact to parkland <br />is to locate the parking lot within the Public Works Facility’s front <br />yard along Bronson Dr., requiring the Variance to the front yard <br />setback. <br /> <br />e. The variance does not alter the essential character of the neighborhood. <br /> <br />Finding: The existing character of the neighborhood includes the use of this <br />property as a Public Works Facility, including an existing parking lot <br />that is set back 20’ from the front property line (Bronson Dr.). The <br />proposed parking lot to be set back 13’-2” from the property line will <br />include additional landscape buffering that will enhance the <br />appearance of the facility from neighboring residential uses. <br /> <br />f. The variance requested is the minimum variance which would alleviate the <br />practical difficulties. Economic conditions alone do not constitute practical <br />difficulties. <br /> <br />Finding: The variance requested for a reduced parking lot setback is the <br />minimum which would alleviate the practical difficulties of complying <br />with the minimum number of parking stalls required by City Code. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning <br />Commission, based upon the above findings, approves the Variance request of the City of <br />Mounds View (property owner) to reduce the front yard setback from 40’ to 13’-2” along <br />Bronson Dr. for property at 2466 Bronson Dr., subject to the following conditions: <br /> <br />1. The applicant shall construct the parking lot in compliance with the Mounds View City <br />Code, and consistent with plans dated December 12, 2016, received November 7, 2016. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />