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Mounds View Planning Commission June 3, 2015 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />A. VR2011-002 Variance Extension for Reduced Driveway Setbacks <br /> Applicant: Mike Kinyon, Kinyon Properties <br /> Address: 5338-5340 Raymond Avenue <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller indicated in June 2011, property owner, Michael Kinyon, was granted <br />variances to permit the new driveways at five of his side-by-side duplexes to have one and three <br />foot setbacks from the north and south property lines. Mr. Kinyon has been adding attached <br />garages to the duplexes, one on each end of the building, along with new wider driveways to <br />replace the existing narrow gravel driveways. The lots are all 100 feet wide so only a single car <br />garage will fit, but the owner is installing new driveways that are wide enough for two cars to <br />park next to each other. Many of the tenants have more than one vehicle, and they either park or <br />drive off the driveway, or they have to move cars around when someone is leaving. Since there is <br />no overnight parking on the streets in Mounds View, all vehicles must be in the driveways. <br /> <br />Associate Heller explained that the east side of Raymond Avenue has 14 side-by-side duplexes <br />on identical 100 foot wide lots which causes issues when owners want to add more than a one car <br />wide driveway to these properties. Mr. Kinyon owns 10 of the 14 duplexes and received <br />variances in 1995 and 2008 for reduced driveway setbacks when he added garages to some of the <br />buildings. She reviewed the request in further detail and recommended the Commission approve <br />a one-year extension for the reduced driveway setback variance at 5338-5340 Raymond Avenue. <br /> <br />Commissioner Kieffer questioned if it was possible for the Commission to extend the Variance <br />for more than one year. <br /> <br />Associate Heller reported that City Code only allows up to a one-year extension. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Rundle/Commissioner Elofson. To approve Resolution <br />1030-15, a Resolution Recommending Approval of a Variance Extension for Reduced Driveway <br />Setbacks; Planning Case No. VR2011-002. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />6. Other Planning Activity <br /> <br />None. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />7. Review Minutes: <br /> <br />A. May 20, 2015 <br /> <br />The Commission discussed the May 20, 2015 meeting minutes. <br />