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Item No: 5A <br />Meeting Date: August 18, 2010 <br />Type of Business: Business <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for an <br />Oversized Garage at 8191 Spring Lake Road; <br />Planning Case No. CU2010-004 <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The applicants, Robert & Lori Nordby, are requesting approval of a conditional use permit to <br />construct an oversized garage on their property at 8191 Spring Lake Road. The applicants <br />want to expand their current 22’x24’ detached garage (528 square feet) with a 20’x24’ <br />expansion onto the rear of the existing garage. <br /> <br />The applicants have submitted plans for a garage expansion that would create a garage <br />larger than what the City Code allows. The City limits the size of accessory buildings, <br />whether attached or detached from the house, to a maximum of 952 square feet. Any <br />building larger than 952 square feet must get City approval of a conditional use permit. The <br />garage the Nordbys are proposing would be 1,008 square feet. The applicants indicate that <br />they want the extra space to store their boat indoors. <br /> <br />Requirements: <br /> <br />Section 1106.03, Subd. 1: This part of the Code limits the height of an accessory building, <br />the number of accessory buildings and the backyard coverage ratio of accessory buildings. <br />A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is required for garages exceeding 952 square feet. <br /> <br />Section 1106.04, Subd. 6: This part of the Code enumerates the conditions for garages <br />exceeding 952 square feet. The garage must be permanent, be uniform in appearance with <br />the home, not exceed 35 feet in width, and not exceed 1,800 square feet of total accessory <br />building area on the lot. <br />Section 1125.01, Subd. 1: The Planning Commission is required to review the possible <br />adverse effects of the requested conditional use. <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The request for a Conditional Use Permit to construct the 1,008 square foot garage satisfies <br />the requirements as stated in Section 1106.03 and 1106.04, Subdivision 6 of the Mounds <br />View Zoning Code. The proposed garage would meet all City setback requirements.