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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 999-14 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A THREE (3) FOOT SETBACK VARIANCE FOR A DRIVEWAY AT 8312 RED OAK DRIVE; PLANNING CASE MU2014-001-VR-1 WHEREAS, property owner Charles Pelton, has applied for a three (3) foot setback variance to allow the driveway leading around the house to the garage in the backyard to have a reduced setback; and, WHEREAS, the subject property, located at 8312 Red Oak Drive is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, and is legally described as follows: Except the West 264 feet of the North 97 feet of the South 1802 feet of the West 528 feet of the NE ¼, Subject to Roadway Easements, Section 6, Township 30, Range 23, Ramsey County, Minnesota PIN: 06-30-23-12-0018 WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding this proposal: 1. Zoning Map 2. Aerial View 3. Photographic Documentation 4. Staff Report WHEREAS, Section 1104.01 Subd. 4c(1a) of the Mounds View Zoning Code indicates that driveways shall be set back at least five feet (5’); and, WHEREAS, the applicant has applied for a variance to allow a driveway to have a two (2) foot setback; and, WHEREAS, the purpose of the variance provision in the Zoning Code is to give relief to property owners when the strict enforcement of the zoning code requirements imposes a hardship thereby restricting the improvement of property due to practical difficulties brought about by unique or extraordinary features of the physical property that are beyond the property owner’s control; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly-noticed public hearing regarding this request on April 16, 2014; and,