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<br /> <br /> <br />Res. 938-11 <br />Page 2 <br />1. Circumstances apply to this property in that the duplex is located on only a 100 foot <br />wide lot with a steep grade drop to the backyard, making it difficult to place a garage <br />in the rear yard and be able to access it with a driveway. <br /> <br />2. The literal interpretation of the provisions of the Zoning Code would limit the <br />applicant’s ability to have a two car wide driveway in order to provide enough <br />parking spaces for the tenants. <br /> <br />3. The applicant did not build this duplex, and intends only to substantially improve the <br />property. <br /> <br />4. Granting this variance would not confer upon the applicant a special privilege in that <br />the lot size is a pre-existing condition. <br /> <br />5. The one (1) foot variance is the minimum variance required to alleviate the <br />applicant’s hardship. <br /> <br />6. Granting a variance to allow for a driveway with a one foot setback would not be <br />detrimental to the purpose of the Zoning Code in that due to lack of parking space, <br />some of the tenants are parking closer to the property lines now and causing no <br />adverse impacts. <br /> <br />7. Granting the variance would not impair an adequate supply of light or air to the <br />adjoining property. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning <br />Commission, based upon the above findings, approves the variance request of Michael <br />Kinyon, to allow for driveways with a one-foot setback at 5330 & 5332 Raymond Avenue <br />subject to the following: <br /> <br />1. If within one year after granting the variance, the work as permitted by the variance <br />has not been completed, then such variance shall be come null and void unless an <br />extension of time has been requested by the applicant and granted by the Planning <br />Commission. Such extension shall be requested by the applicant in writing, and <br />submitted to the City at least 30 days before the expiration of the original variance. <br /> <br />Adopted this 1st day of June, 2011. <br /> <br /> <br />_____________________________________ <br />Gary Stevenson, Chair <br />ATTEST: <br />_____________________________________ <br />James Ericson, City Administrator <br /> (SEAL) <br />