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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-21-2008PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Regular Meeting May 21, 2008 Mounds View City Hall 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Miller at 7:00 p.m. May 21, 2008. 2. Roll Call Members Present: Vice Chair Miller; Commissioners, Cramblit, Gunn, Lang, Meehlhause, and Walsh-Kaczmarek Absent and Excused: Chair Stevenson Also Present: Planning Associate Heller Index to Minutes Page AV2008-001 Consideration of an Administrative Variance for a Reduced driveway Setback at 5414 Jackson Drive 2 3. Approval of Minutes April 2, 2008. MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Gunn/ Commissioner Lang. To approve the Minutes of the April 2, 2008 regular Planning Commission meeting as slightly amended. Ayes — 6 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 4. Citizens Requests and Comments on Items Not on the Agenda None. Mounds View Planning Commission Regular Meeting 5. Planning Cases May 21, 2008 Page 2 A. AV2008-001 Consideration of an Administrative Variance for a Reduced driveway Setback at 5414 Jackson Drive Planning Associate Heller reported the applicant, Matt Eenigenburg, has requested an administrative variance for a reduced driveway setback at 5414 Jackson Drive. She explained for many years this property and the property to the north have shared a driveway. The property owner to the north re-routed their driveway and removed their side of the old driveway. At that time the applicant was told that his driveway would be allowed to remain up to the property line. The applicant replaced the top part of the driveway with concrete and is now going to replace the bottom half. The driveway is currently one foot off the property line. The code has since been amended and the driveway needs to be five feet off the property line. There are not many shared driveways within the city and this makes it a special circumstance. For consistency, the applicant would like to keep the driveway the same width throughout when replacing the bottom portion. The current city code states the driveway needs to be five feet off the property line without a variance. Staff has looked at it and felt this is sufficient to be granted an administrative variance. As this is a non -conforming, pre-existing driveway, it qualifies for an Administrative Variance, which means that applicants' fee is less and notices are sent only to the adjacent property owners who are given 10 days to respond if they object. These notices were sent and staff has not heard anything from them. Vice Chair Miller stated it seems like the right thing to do to have the driveway match up. MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Gunn/ Commissioner Cramblit. To approve Resolution 885-08, a Resolution Approving an Administrative Variance for a Reduced driveway Setback at 5414 Jackson Drive; Planning Case No.AV2008-001 Ayes — 6 Nays — 0 6. Other Planning Activity A. None 7. Next Planning Commission Meeting: A. June 4, 2008 B. June 18, 2008 Motion carried. Mounds View Planning Commission Regular Meeting 8. Adjournment to Agenda Session May 21, 2008 Page 3 There being no further business before the Plamiing Commission, Vice Chair Miller adjourned the meeting at 7:07 p.m. (The meeting immediately adjourned to the Agenda Session) Respectfully submitted, L' Jim Ericson Community Development Director Transcribed by: Barbara Suciu TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.