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Resolution 831-06 Page 2 2. The applicants desire to park their RV inside the garage not only for aesthetic reasons but also for security, maintenance issues and so as to not otherwise obstruct visibility on this corner lot. 3. While the Balks’ ownership of an RV does prompt the request, the special conditions could be construed to be more ”community” driven from the standpoint of visibility and aesthetics. 4. Granting the variance would not confer upon the property owner a special privilege in that every property owner has the right to apply for a variance to improve the function and livability of their home. Many improvements benefit the neighborhood in a broader sense. 5. The applicants assert that the additional two-feet of garage height would be minimally sufficient to permit the parking of the RV inside the garage. 6. Granting the two-foot variance to allow the RV to be parked inside the garage would not be materially detrimental to the purpose and intent of the zoning code. 7. While the Balks’ garage would be taller than an average garage, the requested variance would not impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent properties or substantially increase the congestion of the public streets or increase the danger of fire or endanger the public safety or substantially diminish or impair property values within the neighborhood. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission, finding that the hardship criteria have been satisfied, approves the variance for a seventeen foot (17’) tall garage, two feet (2’) in excess of what is permitted by Code, at 8495 Sunnyside Road, subject to the following: 1. The variance shall become null and void if the work for which the variance was granted is not completed within one year from the date of approval unless a petition for extension of time in which to complete the work has been granted by the Planning Commission. Adopted this 3rd day of May, 2006. _____________________________________ Gary Stevenson, Chairperson ATTEST: _____________________________________ Jim Ericson, Community Development Director (SEAL)