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Item No: 6A Meeting Date: August 22,2007 Type of Business: Action City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Planning Commission Members From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Date: August 16, 2007 Item Title/Subject: Request for a Variance Extension by Tyson Company at 4825 Mustang Circle In 2006, Tyson Company applied for a development review and a variance to build an additional building on their property. The variance request was for reduced front building and parking setbacks – 10 foot building setback and 5 foot parking setback. Due to the large wetland area in the rear of the property, the proposed building and parking lot were pushed much closer to the street than the 40 feet that code requires. On August 2, 2006, the Planning Commission approved a variance for these reduced setbacks (Resolution 848-06). Per City Code Chapter 1125.02 Subd. 5, all variances must be acted on within one year from the date of approval or they will become null and void, unless an extension is granted by the Planning Commission. The applicant, Tyson Company, has submitted a written request for a one year extension. Soon after the variance was granted, Tyson began working with Ferrellgas to possibly locate on Tyson’s property, and then decided that the cost of constructing a new building was too high and that they were not going to proceed with their own expansion plans. The new site plan showing where Ferrellgas would be located, is exactly where Tyson planned their new building to be. Tyson has now said that construction costs have come down and if Ferrellgas doesn’t locate on their property, they would probably move forward with new building plans again. Recommendation Consider a one year extension of a variance for reduced building and parking setbacks at Tyson Company, 4825 Mustang Circle. Resolutions are attached for Planning Commission action. ______________________ Heidi Heller Planning Associate