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Resolution 1088-18 <br />Page 2 <br />WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View City Code, Section 1125.02, Subd 2 provides the <br />Criteria for Granting a Variance (Findings in italics); <br />a. The variance is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of this Title. <br />Finding: The variance to allow a 38' wide driveway is in harmony with the City <br />Code. The widen driveway will accommodate three lanes of traffic (one in, two <br />out) intended to reduce the wait time of exiting school buses. <br />b. The variance is consistent with the comprehensive plan. <br />Finding: The request is not specifically addressed by the Comprehensive Plan, <br />but is consistent with the following Goal and Policy; <br />Transportation Goals and Policies <br />Goal 1: Identify the improvements necessary to ensure the continued safety <br />and convenience of the transportation system for movement by all <br />modes. <br />Policy a. Maintain transportation facilities to function in a manner <br />compatible with adjacent land uses. When the function of a <br />transportation facility has changed over time to become <br />incompatible with adjacent land uses, the City should establish a <br />program to address this incompatibility. <br />The widen driveway improves the safe and convenient ingress/egress ofschool <br />buses, thereby improving the functionality of the intersection of the driveway and <br />County Road K <br />C. The applicant proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted <br />by this Title or the City Code. <br />Finding: The request is a reasonable use. <br />d. Unique circumstances apply to the property which do not apply to other properties <br />in the same zone or vicinity and result from lot size or shape, topography or other <br />circumstances over which the owner of the property since the enactment of this <br />Title has had no control. The unique circumstances do not result from the actions <br />of the applicant. <br />