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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 1087-18 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA A RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE PARKING LOT SETBACK FROM 30 -FEET TO 14 -FEET FOR EDGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOCATED AT 5100 EDGEWOOD DRIVE, (PLANNING CASE VR2018-001) WHEREAS, additions and improvements to Edgewood Middle School are planned, including a gymnasium, indoor swimming pool, and expansion of a parking lot to serve these additions; and, WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View City Code, Section 1104.01, Subd 4(c)(1)(b)(ii) requires that sites having more than 2.5 acres of land, provide a minimum 30' setback for non- residential parking areas within a residential district; and, WHEREAS, Edgewood Middle School is located on 34.5 acres, and zoned R-1 Single - Family Residential. The property is located at 5100 Edgewood Drive, legally described as: PID: 08-30-23-34-0003 Unplatted lands, Subject to Road and easements and except east 640 feet of south 190 feet of the south east''/4 of southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Township 30, Range 23 WHEREAS, Wold Architects and Engineers, representing the Mound View Independent School District 621, has requested a Variance to reduce the setback of the north parking lot from 30' to 14', along Edgewood Drive; and, WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View City Code, Section 1125.02 provides the Planning Commission, acting as the Board of Adjustment and Appeals, authority to approve Variances to the City Code in instances where their strict enforcement would cause practical difficulties because of unique circumstances related to the individual property under consideration; and, WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View City Code, Section 1125.02, Subd 2 provides the Criteria for Granting a Variance (Findings in italics);