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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 888-08 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A SIX-FOOT TALL FENCE IN THE FRONT YARD OF 2551 RIDGE LANE; MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING CASE VR2008-004 WHEREAS, the applicants, Tom and Laurie Malaske, have applied for a variance to allow a six-foot tall fence in the front yard at their property at 2551 Ridge Lane; and, WHEREAS, 2551 Ridge Lane is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, and is legally described as follows: Red Oak Estates No. 2, Lot 49, Block 1 Ramsey County, Minnesota WHEREAS, Section 1103.08 of the Mounds View Zoning Code indicates that the maximum height of a fence in a front yard four feet (4’); and, WHEREAS, the applicants have applied for a variance to allow an existing six foot (6’) fence in the front yard abutting Long Lake Road; and, WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding this proposal: 1. Planning Application 2. Zoning Map 3. Aerial Photo 4. Photographic Documentation 5. Staff Report 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, WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on Wednesday, September 7, 2005, with regard to this variance request; and, WHEREAS, according to Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code, the Planning Commission is to review a standard set of criteria which must be satisfied in order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code.