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Resolution 1087-18 Page 3 C. The applicant proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by this Title or the City Code. Finding: The request is a reasonable use. d. Unique circumstances apply to the property which do not apply to other properties in the same zone or vicinity and result from lot size or shape, topography or other circumstances over which the owner of the property since the enactment of this Title has had no control. The unique circumstances do not result from the actions of the applicant. Finding: Unique circumstances include the use of the property as a school. Although these circumstances are a result of the applicant (School District), if the parking lot is not expanded into the setback (landscaped buffer), additional overflow parking is likely to occur on Edgewood Drive, thereby impeding the view of the landscaped buffer from adjacent homes, and defeating the setback's purpose as a greenspace buffer. e. The variance does not alter the essential character of the neighborhood. Finding: The variance will not alter the character of the neighborhood. f. The variance requested is the minimum variance which would alleviate the practical difficulties. Economic conditions alone do not constitute practical difficulties. Finding: The variance requested, is the minimum which would alleviate the practical difficulties. g. The Board of Adjustment and Appeals may impose such conditions upon the premises benefited by a variance as may be necessary to comply with the standards established by this Title or to reduce or minimize the effect of such variance upon other properties in the neighborhood and to better carry out the intent of the variance. The condition must be directly related to and must bear a rough proportionality to the impact created by the variance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission, based upon the above findings, the staff report, and in consideration of public testimony, approves a Variance for a 0' setback for a parking lot for Edgewood Middle School, located at 5100 Edgewood Drive, subject to the following conditions: