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Resolution 1101-19 <br />City of Mounds View <br />County of Ramsey <br />State of Minnesota <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE SIDE YARD SETBACK <br />FROM FIVE FEET TO ONE FOOT, FOR A DRIVEWAY TO BE LOCATED ON <br />PROPERTY AT 2296 TERRACE DRIVE; PLANNING CASE VR2019-002 <br />WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View Municipal Code, Section 1104.01, Subd <br />4(c)(1)(a), requires that driveways have a minimum side yard setback of 5' within the R-1 <br />Single -Family Residential district; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Applicant, Ronald O'Connell, has applied for a Variance to reduce this <br />setback to 1', such that the proposed driveway aligns with an existing retaining wall, <br />approximately F set back from the side yard property line of property located at 2296 Terrace <br />Drive, legally described as: <br />PID: 05-30-23-43-0079 <br />Lot 16, Block 8 of Pinewood Terrace No. 3 <br />WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View Municipal Code, Section 402.01 establishes a <br />Board of Adjustments and Appeals, consisting of all appointed members of the Planning <br />Commission; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View Municipal Code, Section 1125.02, Subd 2 <br />establishes criteria for granting of a variance, stating a "variance may be granted only in the <br />event that all of the following circumstances exists:" (Findings in italics) <br />a. The variance is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of this Title. <br />Findings. The requested variance is in harmony with the City of Mounds <br />View Municipal Code. The intent of the 5' setback is to provide a <br />buffer between driveways and adjacentproperty. The neighboring <br />property is sufficiently buffered by an existing retaining wall on the <br />subject property, and by mature trees on the neighboring property. <br />There would not be a substantial difference ifvehicles were parked <br />I 'from the property line versus S'. <br />