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630665v12MU210-54 10 SECTION 98.The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title 1200, Chapter 1205, Section 1205.02 of the Mounds View Municipal Code by adding the double-underlined material and deleting the stricken material as follows: 1205.02:VARIANCES: The Council may grant a variance of these subdivision regulations in any particular case where the subdivider can show that, by reason of unique circumstances relating to a specific lot, the strict compliance with these regulations imposes unusual hardship practical difficulties to the subdivider in the use of his or her land.Unusual hardship Practical difficulties includes, but is are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. A variance may be granted only if the Council finds that all of the following circumstances exist: Subd.1.The variance is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of these regulations. Subd.2.The variance is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Subd.3.The subdivider proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by these regulations or the City Zoning Ordinance. Subd.4.Unique circumstances apply to the property which do not apply generally 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 these regulations has had no control. That the unique circumstances do not result from the actions of the applicant. Subd.5.The variance does not alter the essential character of the neighborhood. Subd.6.That the variance requested is the minimum variance which would alleviate the unusual hardship practical difficulties. Economic conditions alone do not constitute unusual hardship practical difficulties. Subd.7.The Council may impose such conditions upon the premises benefited by the variance, as may be necessary to comply with the standards established by this section 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. SECTION 109. In accordance with Section 3.07 of the City Charter, City staff shall have the following summary printed in the official City newspaper in lieu of the complete ordinance: On ______________, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance ___, entitled “An Ordinance Amending Title 1200, Chapters 1201, 1202, 1203, and 1205 of the Mounds View City Code Relating to Land Subdivisions.” The purpose of the amendment was to update certain subdivision requirement to provide for clarification, remove outdated and