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4749 Old Highway 8 Variance Request <br />April 20, 2005 <br />Page 11 <br />MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION <br />RESOLUTION NO. 793-05 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION DENYING A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE FRONT PARKING SETBACK <br />TO ZERO AT ACE SUPPLY COMPANY LOCATED AT 4749 OLD HIGHWAY 8; <br />PLANNING CASE VR2005-003 <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the applicant, Bruce Hasselbring, representing Ace Supply <br />Company, has applied for a variance to reduce the front parking area setback to zero at <br />Ace Supply Company, located at 4749 Old Highway; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, 4749 Old Highway 8 is zoned I-1, Industrial and is legally described as: <br /> <br />Lot 2, Block 1, Subject to Easements <br />Midway Industrial, Ramsey County, Minnesota <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Section 1104.02 of the Mounds View Zoning Code indicates that the <br />minimum front setback for a parking lot in Industrial districts is forty (40) feet; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the applicant is requesting a front parking setback variance to locate <br />the parking area zero (0) feet from the front property line; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Planning Commission reviewed the following materials relating <br />to this request: <br /> <br />1. Application <br />2. Letter from the Applicant <br />3. Zoning Map <br />4. Location Map <br />5. Site Plan <br />6. Photographic Documentation <br />7. Staff Report <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of the variance provision in the Zoning Code is to give <br />relief to property owners when the strict enforcement of the zoning code requirements <br />imposes a hardship thereby restricting the improvement of property due to practical <br />difficulties brought about by unique or extraordinary features of the physical property that <br />are beyond the property owner’s control; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing regarding <br />this variance on Wednesday, April 20, 2005; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, according to Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View <br />Municipal Code, the Planning Commission is to review a standard set of criteria, of which <br />all must be satisfied, in order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code.