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Mourns viEw <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: <br />From: <br />Item Title/Subject <br />Address: <br />PID: <br />Zoning <br />Owner: <br />Applicant: <br />Request: <br />Introduction: <br />Item No: 07B <br />Meeting Date: October 4, 2023 <br />Type of Business: Planning Business <br />Planning Case: AV2023-001 <br />Mounds View Planning Commission <br />Phil Carlson, AICP, Senior Planner, Stantec <br />Eklund — Administrative Variance <br />8421 Spring Lake Road <br />063023220009 <br />R-1 <br />Bruce A. Eklund and Joy A. Eklund <br />Bruce A. Eklund <br />Driveway Side Setback — Administrative Variance <br />Bruce and Joy Eklund want to modify their driveway on <br />the northern side of their site at 8421 Spring Lake <br />Road. They are applying for a side setback variance to <br />accomplish this modification. <br />Background <br />The Eklund's own the single-family home at 8421 <br />Spring Lake Road. The house has an asphalt <br />driveway installed at least 50 years ago, and the <br />Eklund's want to replace the driveway with a new one. <br />The existing driveway does not have enough room for <br />the Eklund's to turn around their vehicle. This <br />becomes more important since two family members <br />use a wheelchair and a cane to get from the car to the <br />house. Part of the proposed new driveway extends <br />beyond the existing pavement to within 1 foot of the <br />property line, less than the required setback, so a <br />variance is being requested. <br />Discussion: <br />Zoning Issues <br />The property is in R-1 zone single family residential district. The purpose of this district is to <br />provide for low density single-family detached residential dwelling units and directly related, <br />complementary uses. Driveways and parking spaces are permitted accessory uses, provided they <br />