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Mounds View Planning Commission April 18, 2012 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />4. Citizens Requests and Comments on Items Not on the Agenda <br /> <br />None. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />5. Planning Cases <br /> <br />A. VR2012-001 Consideration of a Variance Request to Allow an Accessory <br />Building to Exceed the Allowed Height of 15 feet as Measured at the <br />Midpoint of the Roof (Pre-November 2009 Zoning Code) <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller indicated the Planning Commission was being asked to reconsider a <br />variance to allow an accessory building to exceed the allowed height of 15 feet at 8027 <br />Woodlawn Drive. The Planning Commission and City Council both denied this variance. The <br />City Council has rescinded their denial and decided that the applicant should adhere to the <br />zoning code that was in effect in 2007 when the building permit was issued. She explained the <br />applicant built a garage slightly different than the plans submitted to the City. The applicant <br />took several years to complete the building and therefore following under a previous City Code. <br /> <br />Associate Heller commented the applicant did add dormers to the garage which would be <br />addressed by the building official and a modified permit would have to be issued and paid for. <br />However, this was not the issue being discussed this evening. <br /> <br />Associate Heller stated the applicant was requesting a 9 inch variance which differed greatly <br />from the previously requested 5 foot variance. She explained that the several comments received <br />from the neighbors generally supported the garage. <br /> <br />Commissioner Cramblit noted the 12:12 pitch of the garage does not match the house. <br /> <br />Tim Downing, 8027 Woodlawn Drive, explained that the older portion of the home does match <br />the 12:12 pitch, but the newer portion does not. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson opened the public hearing at 7:08 p.m. <br /> <br />Tom Carlson, 8051 Woodlawn Drive, supported the Downing’s and their detached garage. He <br />did not object to the height or size of the garage. <br /> <br />Dan Larson, 8046 Woodlawn Drive, did not object to the garage. He felt it blended in fairly well <br />given its location and the size of the Downing’s lot. <br /> <br />Commissioner Cramblit asked if the applicant said at the previous Planning Commission meeting <br />that the old garage would be torn down. <br /> <br />Mr. Downing stated this was not the case. His long term plan was to build a new attached garage <br />in the place of the old front garage.