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Item No: 05A <br /> Meeting Date: July 19, 2023 <br /> MOUNDSVI EW Type of Business Planning Case <br /> Planning Case <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Planning Commission <br /> From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director <br /> Item Title/Subject: PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution 1162-23, Approval of a <br /> Variance to reduce the side yard driveway setback, from 5' to <br /> 0' at 7830 Spring Lake Road. <br /> Introduction: <br /> The applicant, Dan Dreier, is requesting a Variance to reduce the side yard setback from 5' to 0' <br /> to construct a second driveway. The intent of reducing the setback is to preserve a mature oak <br /> tree. <br /> Discussion: <br /> Spring Lake Road south of Mounds View Boulevard, is being reconstructed in 2023. <br /> Nonconforming driveway curb cuts will be reconstructed to be conforming to City Code setback <br /> and width requirements as much as practical, unless the City Council grants a Variance (one of <br /> the rare occasions where variances are not heard by the Planning Commission).' On June 12, <br /> 2023, the City Council approved several Variances. <br /> Currently, 7830 Spring Lake Road has a legal-conforming driveway, and a non-conforming <br /> gravel parking area within the right-of-way (ROW). There is no on-street parking. As part of the <br /> street reconstruction, a trail will be installed within the ROW, thereby displacing the gravel <br /> parking area. After reconstruction, there will continue to be no on-street parking. <br /> 4., µ <br /> � 4 <br /> h� <br /> 7830 Spring Lake Road(photo April 18,2023). Area highlighted in yellow is non-conforming parking area. <br /> ' Mounds View City Code 160.388(E)(7) (Curb cuts and driveway openings);In conjunction with street <br /> improvement projects or in conjunction with individual driveway replacement projects, non-conforming curb cuts <br /> shall be made conforming to whatever extent practicable. If, in the opinion of the Directors of Public Works/Parks <br /> and Recreation and Community Development a non-conforming curb cut cannot be made conforming without <br /> undue hardship or disruption to the property, the curb cut may remain in existence, unchanged. Decisions <br /> regarding curb cuts may be appealed in writing to the City Council. <br /> vie.. _iun <br /> A Thriving Desirable Community <br />