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Mounds View Planning Commission June 7, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 6 ________________________________________________________________________ development is not inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan. He reminded the Commission that the third option is to table this until next meeting. MOTION/SECOND: Miller/Hull. To table until the June 21, 2006 meeting, Resolution 835-06, a Resolution Recommending Approval of the Rezoning of 2901 and 2925 County Road 10 and West Half of 8060 Groveland Road. Integra Homes; Planning Case No. ZC 2006-001. Ayes – 3 Nays – 0 2 Abstain (Scotch, Zwirn) Motion carried. ______________________________________________________________________________ B. VR2006-002. Consideration of a Variance request for a 2 foot garage setback at 7025 Pleasant View Drive. Planning Associate Heller presented a variance request to allow a reduced side-yard setback for a garage at 7025 Pleasant View Drive. The owners (Jim and Amy Wilson) previously had a one-car garage and would like to remodel their home and build a two-car attached garage. The house was built in 1947 and placed approximately centered between the side property lines. Mounds View zoning codes require the living area of a home be ten feet from the side property line. A garage may be five feet from the side property line. The requested variance of three feet would put the garage two feet from the side property line. This home is located in an R-1, Single Family Residential district. The applicants wish to construct a new, larger attached garage to their home. Until recently, there was a single-car, 13’x32’ detached garage on the property that was 8.5’ from the side property line. The applicants indicated this was a very old and ugly garage and has been torn down. The property owners would also remove a shed on the property when they build the new garage. The roofline on the new garage will follow the one on the house, which slopes to the front and back yards. Water runoff would not be running towards the neighboring house. The house to the south is 14.5 feet off the property line. A four-foot privacy fence separates the two houses. The garage would be 3 feet from the fence and the fence is one foot off the neighboring property line. Planning Associate Heller explained that for a variance to be approved, the applicants must demonstrate that a hardship or practical difficulty associated with the property makes a literal interpretation of the Code overly burdensome or restrictive. Minnesota statutes require the governing body (the Planning Commission in this case) to review a set of seven specific criteria for each application and make its decision in accordance with these criteria. The Code clearly states that a hardship exists when all of the criteria are met. Planning Associate Heller addressed exceptional or extraordinary circumstances apply to the property. She noted that even though the property is just over one acre in size, it is not much wider than many other lots in the city. The lot size is approximately 100 feet wide and 448 feet deep, with nearly the entire lot being designated wetland and wetland buffer area. The City imposes development restrictions in or near wetlands. This prevents the applicants from building the garage behind the house. The deep slope of the lot directly behind the house prevents easy