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Item No: 5B <br />Meeting Date: December 19, 2007 <br />Type of Business: Public Hearing <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of a Variance to Allow <br />for a Reduced Number of Covered Parking Spaces at <br />Greenfield Estates, Located at 2370 County Road I and <br />7521-7661 Greenfield Avenue; <br /> Planning Case VR2007-003 <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The applicant, Alan Menning, representing The Tycon Companies, is proposing to demolish <br />the existing garages and construct new garages at Greenfield Estates located at 2370 <br />County Road I and 7521 – 7661 Greenfield Avenue. The proposal includes demolishing the <br />existing four buildings with 126 individually divided garage stalls and constructing three new <br />garages with 100 stalls in a drive through style. The Zoning Code requires one covered <br />parking space per unit. Greenfield Estates has 125 units and would be required to have 125 <br />covered parking spaces. The applicant is requesting a variance from this requirement that <br />would allow them to have 100 covered parking spaces, which is 25 less than the required <br />amount. <br /> <br />This is the second time the applicant has requested a variance for a reduced amount of <br />covered parking. In February 2005, the applicant came before the Planning Commission with <br />the same request, except at that time they were proposing to construct only 78 garage stalls. <br /> The Planning Commission denied the request, stating that that was too large of a reduction <br />in number of covered stalls from the requirement, and that more residents would probably <br />rent garages if they were safer with a better layout. In response to the Planning <br />Commission’s comments in 2005, the applicant has redesigned the new garages to make <br />them larger with more parking stalls. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Parking requirements are addressed in Section 1121.13 of the Zoning Code. The Code <br />requires that multiple-family dwellings provide one and one half uncovered parking spaces <br />and one covered space per unit. Greenfield Estates has a total of 125 units. The applicant is <br />requesting to be allowed to reduce the number of covered parking spaces to 100 and provide <br />225 uncovered parking spaces. The table below shows the existing and proposed number of <br />parking stalls, as well as the code requirements. <br /> <br /> Code Requirement Existing Parking Proposed Parking <br />Covered Parking 125 126 100 <br />Uncovered Parking 188 160 225 <br />Total 313 286 325 <br /> <br />