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<br />Resolution 1034-15 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission <br />finds that the criteria as identified in Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View <br />Municipal Code are satisfied and finds there to be sufficient practical difficulty with regard <br />to the property located at 5107 Greenwood Drive, and makes the following findings of <br />fact related to its decision: <br /> <br />1. The general intent of the Zoning Code regarding limited fence heights in front yards is <br />to not close off the front of the property from the visual openness of the street, but yet <br />still allow a fence for safety and some sense of privacy for the property owners. This <br />becomes difficult is on corner lots, particularly lots that front a busy street, where the <br />property owners really want the privacy due to the high traffic along one of their front <br />yards. <br /> <br />2. The variance is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan in that the applicant is <br />improving the property. <br /> <br />3. The applicant is requesting this variance because the front yard height limitations <br />would preclude having a fence tall enough to provide security, screening and <br />buffering from busy Woodcrest Drive. <br /> <br />4. The unique feature of this property is that it is a corner lot which creates two front <br />yards, and the house was built close to the north side of the lot so the south front <br />yard is large. <br /> <br />5. There are other properties in the neighborhood that have a 6-foot tall fence in the <br />front yard and have not changed the existing neighborhood character or caused <br />visibility problems for traffic. <br /> <br />6. The 2-foot variance is the minimum variance required to alleviate the applicant’s <br />practical difficulty since the Zoning Code limits front yard fence heights to four feet. <br /> <br />7. The Planning Commission may impose conditions upon the premises as may be <br />necessary to comply with city standards and to minimize the effect of such variance <br />upon other properties in the neighborhood. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning <br />Commission, based upon the above findings, does hereby approve the variance request for <br />a six-foot tall fence in the south front yard of 5107 Greenwood Drive. <br /> <br />Adopted this 19th day of August, 2015. <br /> <br />_____________________________________ <br />Gary Stevenson, Chair <br /> <br />ATTEST: _____________________________________ <br />James Ericson, City Administrator <br /> <br />(SEAL)