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<br /> <br />MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION <br />RESOLUTION NO. 1003-14 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR AN EIGHT-FOOT TALL <br />FENCE IN THE SOUTH FRONT YARD OF 7701 BONA ROAD; <br />MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING CASE VR2014-002 <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS , the applicant, Michael Winkel, has applied for a variance to allow an eight- <br />foot tall fence in the south front yard (near County Road I) of his property at 7701 Bona Road; <br />and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, 7701 Bona Road is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, and legally described <br />as follows: <br /> <br />Greenfield, The South 110 feet of the West ½ of Lot 11, Block 2. Subject to Road Easements; <br />Ramsey County, Minnesota <br /> <br />PIN: 05-30-23-33-0036 <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 applicant has applied for a variance to allow an eight foot (8’) fence in the <br />front yard abutting County Road I; 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 to <br />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 about <br />by unique or extraordinary features of the physical property that are beyond the property owner’s <br />control; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on Wednesday, May 21, <br />2014, about this variance request; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, according to Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal <br />Code, the Planning Commission is to review a standard set of criteria that must be satisfied in <br />order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code.