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Resolution 1012-14 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission finds that the criteria as identified in Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code are satisfied and finds there to be sufficient practical difficulty with regard to the property located at 7851 Spring Lake Road, and makes the following findings of fact related to its decision: 1. The general intent of the Zoning Code regarding setbacks is to create physical separation between driveways for aesthetics and a sense of privacy for the property owners. There is a wooded area and 20 feet between the new driveway and the neighboring house, and the new driveway will only have the reduced setback along the garage. 2. The variance is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan in that the applicant is improving the property. 3. The applicant is requesting this variance because the driveway will run past the house that only has a setback of 10 feet, and in order to have a 9 foot wide drive aisle past the house, the driveway setback will be eight (8) inches. 4. This property has had lot line adjustments and additions constructed that left limited room on the south side of the house. 5. There will be little change to the existing character of the neighborhood since the new driveway area won’t be very visible. 6. The 4-foot 4-inch variance is the minimum variance required to alleviate the applicant’s practical difficulty since that is what the zoning code requires for driveway setbacks. 7. The Planning Commission may impose conditions upon the premises as may be necessary to comply with city standards and to minimize the effect of such variance upon other properties in the neighborhood. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission, based upon the above findings, approves the variance request of Corbin Hilgeman, owner of 7851 Spring Lake Road, to allow a driveway to have an 8-inch setback where it runs next to the house. Adopted this 20th day of August, 2014. ________________________________ Gary Stevenson, Chair ATTEST: ________________________________ James Ericson, City Administrator (SEAL)