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<br />MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION <br />RESOLUTION NO. 1034-15 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A SIX-FOOT TALL <br />FENCE IN THE SOUTH FRONT YARD OF 5107 GREENWOOD DRIVE; <br />MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING CASE VR2015-006 <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the applicants, Bobby & Kara Dahlberg, have applied for a variance to <br />allow a six-foot tall fence in the south front yard of their property at 5107 Greenwood Drive; <br />and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, 5107 Greenwood Drive is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, and <br />legally described as follows: <br /> <br />Lot 6, Block 2, Clint’s Addition, Ramsey County, Minnesota <br />07-30-23-44-0018 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 1103.08 of the Mounds View Zoning Code indicates that the <br />maximum height of a fence in a front yard four feet (4’); and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the applicants have applied for a variance to allow a six foot (6’) fence in <br />the front yard abutting Woodcrest Drive; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following <br />documents about this proposal: <br /> <br />1. Zoning Map <br />2. Aerial Photo <br />3. Photographic Documentation <br />4. Staff Report <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of the variance provision in the Zoning Code is to give relief <br />to property owners when the strict enforcement of the zoning code requirements imposes a <br />hardship thereby restricting the improvement of property due to practical difficulties brought <br />about by unique or extraordinary features of the physical property that are beyond the <br />property owner’s control; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on Wednesday, <br />September 18, 2013, about this variance request; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, according to Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View <br />Municipal Code, the Planning Commission is to review a standard set of criteria that must be <br />satisfied in order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission <br />hereby makes the following findings related to this request: