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Item No: 5C Meeting Date: December 6, 2006 Type of Business: Public Hearing City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of a Variance to Allow a Reduced Side-Yard Setback for a Garage and a Conditional Use Permit for an Oversize Garage at 8410 Knollwood Drive; Planning Cases VR2006-009 and CU2006-010 Introduction: The applicant, Gregory Busch, is proposing to expand his current attached garage located at 8410 Knollwood Drive. Mr. Busch has applied for both a variance for a side yard setback, and a conditional use permit for an oversize garage. Mounds View Zoning Code requires that the living area of a home is ten (10) feet from the side property line with an accessory building being allowed up to five (5) feet from the side property line. The requested variance is for three (3) feet, which would put the garage two (2) feet from the south side property line. The plot plan submitted indicates a garage area in excess of what is allowed without a conditional use permit. Accessory buildings, attached or detached, are limited to 952 square feet. Anything beyond 952 square feet must go through a conditional use permit application process. The applicant’s large backyard is approximately 131 feet deep with one shed near the back property line. After adding this garage addition, the applicants would have approximately 1,224 square feet of accessory buildings (3.75% back yard coverage), still well below the maximum allowable (1,800 square feet). Variance Discussion: Setback requirements are addressed in Section 1104.01 of the Zoning Code. Each zoning district is listed with the corresponding front, side and rear setbacks. In an R-1, Single Family Residential district, the typical building setbacks are as follows: Front, thirty (30) feet; Side, ten (10) feet; and Rear, thirty (30) feet. It is noted that sheds and garages, attached or detached, can have side and rear setbacks of five (5) feet. The applicant desires to construct a larger garage for storage. He currently has a two car, 24’x24’ (576 square foot) attached garage that is 10 feet from the south side property line. The roofline on the expansion would blend in with the existing lines which slope to the front and back yards, so any water runoff would not be running towards the neighboring house. The house to the south is 22 feet off the property line with a four-foot chain link fence between the homes.