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Item No: 5A <br />Meeting Date: August 2, 2006 <br />Type of Business: Commission Business <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for an <br />Oversized Garage at 2932 Woodale Drive; <br /> Planning Case No. CU2006-007 <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The applicants, Brian and Laura Krystofiak, are requesting approval of a conditional use <br />permit to construct an oversized garage on their property at 2932 Woodale Drive. The <br />current garage will be demolished and a new larger detached garage would be constructed in <br />the same location. Their current garage size is 22.3’x22.3’ (approximately 497 square feet). <br /> <br />The plot plan submitted indicates a garage area in excess of what is allowed without a <br />conditional use permit. Accessory buildings, attached or detached, are limited to 952 square <br />feet. Anything beyond 952 square feet must go through a conditional use permit application <br />process. The garage proposed for 2932 Woodale Drive would be 28’x42’ (1,176 square <br />feet). The applicants indicate that they would like the larger garage for storage since they do <br />not have any other accessory buildings. <br /> <br /> <br />Requirements: <br /> <br />Section 1106.03, Subd. 1: This part of the Code limits the height of an accessory building, <br />the number of accessory buildings and the backyard coverage ratio of accessory buildings. <br />A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is required for garages exceeding 952 square feet. <br /> <br />Section 1106.04, Subd. 6: This part of the Code enumerates the conditions for garages <br />exceeding 952 square feet, which are that the garage be permanent, be uniform in <br />appearance with the home, not exceed 35 feet in width, and not exceed 1,800 square feet of <br />total accessory building area on the lot. <br />Section 1125.01, Subd. 1: The Planning Commission is required to review the possible <br />adverse effects of the requested conditional use. <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The request for a Conditional Use Permit to construct the 1,176 square foot garage satisfies <br />the requirements as stated in Section 1106.03 and 1106.04, Subdivision 6 of the Mounds <br />View Zoning Code. All setback and dimensional requirements would be satisfied with this <br />request. With the new garage, the backyard coverage ratio would be approximately 9.7%, <br />much less than the maximum of 20% coverage.