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Mounds View Planning Commissi l qqqq <br />V <br />Regular Meeting --+LF� ED- -- September 3, <br />----------------------- Page Three <br />------------ <br />Cei7mllssioner rors.lund stated she would agree with Mr. <br />Gjorde that lie does not have access to his backyard and <br />she did not like to see a boat parked on the grass, as it <br />would rip it up. <br />Commissioner Miller stated she feels the Planning <br />Commission must uphold the Code, which requires a <br />hardship for a variance, and she does not feel Mr. Gjerde <br />has one. <br />Commissioner Zollner stated she can sympathize with Mr. <br />Gjerde, but she must go along with the Code, and without <br />a hardship, cannot grant a variance. <br />Motion/Second: Miller/Zollner to deny the variances for <br />the property at 2267 Lois Drive, Case 193-96, and <br />2272 Lois Drive, Case 194-86, due to lack of hardship. <br />3 ayes 1 nay <br />Commissioner Porslund voted against the motion, stating <br />she felt it was a pre-existing condition, and he only <br />needs about a 211 foot variance since the garage is <br />closer than 5 feet from the property line. She added <br />she would rather see them park on the concrete drive- <br />way than on the grass. <br />Commissinner Miller stated that since the Code states <br />that anything which is replaced to a degree of more <br />than 50 percent must be brought up to Code, she feels <br />the driveway should be placed 5 feet from the property <br />line, as specified in the Code. <br />Chairman Mountin stated the applicants can appeal the <br />Planning Commission's decision to the City Council. <br />Director Thatcher reported the next Council agenda <br />session is September 15, and he requested the <br />apl+.licants submit a letter stating that they wish <br />to appeal. Lhe denial. <br />Director Thatcher reviewed the history of Dynamic <br />Designers briefly. tie also stated that, in response <br />to the Planning Commission's question of whether <br />any further fill could be placed on the property, he <br />has determined that a minimal amount could still be <br />placed without causing any problems. lie added that <br />this wetland will not be changed with any future <br />storm sewer system. Director Thatcher also pointed <br />out the applicant was in the process of filling the <br />property when the City enacted the moritorium on the <br />wetlands, and had the moritorium not been imposed, <br />they could have filled the property and built on it. <br />Motion <br />7. Dynamic <br />Designers, <br />7656 Woodlawn <br />Drive, <br />Case 138-83 <br />