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Item No: 5 Meeting Date: June 18, 2003 Type of Business: Commission Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: James Ericson, Interim City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit Request for an Over-Size Garage at 5220 Edgewood Drive; Planning Case No. CU03-003 Introduction: Property owner Dale Goettsch is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to construct a detached 1,148 square-foot garage on their property located at 5220 Edgewood Drive. The applicant indicates that the existing garage is too small to meet his needs and that he would like to replace it with something larger. There is a 35-foot long RV that currently sits covered in the driveway that would be moved into the new garage, if approved. The subject lot is 10,538 square feet, which is slightly less than the City’s current minimum lot size requirements. (Most of the lots in this subdivision, which was approved in 1967, are the same size as the Goettsch’s.) The existing garage will be demolished to make room for the proposed garage, which would be built in the same location in the rear yard, extending back an additional 13 feet toward the rear lot line. Discussion: Section 1106.4, Subdivision 6, lists the specific conditional use permit requirements for garages larger than 952 square feet. These requirements, such as setbacks and maximum square-footage would be met with this proposal. The Code sets an upper limit of accessory storage space on a property at 1,800 square feet, subject to a 20% rear yard coverage threshold. The Goettsch’s backyard is 5,772 square feet, twenty percent of which is 1,154 square feet. Thus the proposed 1,148 square foot garage satisfies this requirement. The proposed garage would maintain the same five-foot sideyard setback and would be set back 17 feet from the rear property line. There is currently a shed behind the existing garage that will be removed in conjunction with the new garage. There is a ten-foot wide platted easement at the rear of the lot that will not be impacted by the construction. The Comprehensive Plan encourages the development and maintenance of residential areas so as to improve the quality, appearance and attractiveness of housing units and residential property in general. The Comprehensive Plan designates this property, 5220 Edgewood Drive, as low-density residential. The lot is typical for this area. Most of the homes in this subdivision were built with detached single or small two stall garages, which by today’s standards are too small for the typical multi-vehicle family. Some of the property owners in this area have already expanded or replaced the original garages.