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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 995-13 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FOR REDUCED PARKING LOT SETBACKS AT TIRES N’ MORE, 2832 COUNTY ROAD 10; PLANNING CASE VR2013-008 WHEREAS, the applicant, Naoufel Soussi, owner of Tires N’ More, 2832 County Road 10, has applied for a variance to allow the parking lot to have reduced setbacks from the north, east and west property lines; and, WHEREAS, 2832 County Road 10 is zoned B-3, Highway Business, and is legally described as follows: Lot 1, Block 1, Velmeir CVS Addition PIN: 06-30-23-34-0086 and 06-30-23-34-0089 WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding this proposal: 1. Site Plan 2. Zoning Map 3. Aerial View 4. Staff Report 5. Photographic Documentation WHEREAS, Section 1104.01 Subd. 4c(2a and 2b) of the Mounds View Zoning Code indicates that parking lots in B-3 zoned districts shall be set back thirty (30) feet from the front, and five feet (5’) from the side and rear, except where a non-residential use abuts a property in a residential district the setback is twenty (20) feet; and, WHEREAS, the applicant has applied for a variance to allow the parking lot to have a five foot (5’) setback on the front, zero (0) setback on the east side, and zero (0) setback on the north half of the west side; 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,