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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. 509-97
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION APPROVING A REDUCTION IN THE FRONT SETBACK
REQUIREMENT FROM 30 FEET TO 24 FEET FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF A COVERED ENTRYW A Y AT 5377 QUINCY STREET;
PLANNING CASE NO. 484-97
WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the request of Twin
Cities Habitat for Humanity to allow a 24 foot front setback where 30 feet is required for the
construction ofa covered entryway at 5377 Quincy Street; and,
WHEREAS, this property is zoned R-l, Single Family Residential District and is legally
described as:
The South 140 feet of the east 84 feet 'of Lot 1, Block 1,
Lambert's Addition, Ramsey County
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents associated
with this request:
1. Planning Application
2. Zoning Map
3. Building Front Elevation
4. Letter from the Applicant
5. Encroachment Map
WHEREAS, the applicant presented a hardship statement to the Planning Commission
stating that the lot dimensions established as a result of an earlier minor subdivision prevent
development anywhere on the lot other than the middle 24 feet and that, because of the front and
rear setbacks, typical improvements such as porches and covered entryways are not possible on
this lot without a certain level of encroachment and allowing for the entryway to be built would
not be granting a special privilege; and,
WHEREAS, the literal interpretation of the provisions of this Title would deprive the
applicant of rights commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same district in that porches and
decks are a typical improvements in this neighborhood and elsewhere in the R-l single family
residential district; and
WHEREAS, special conditions or circumstances do not result from the actions of the
applicant in that the proposed location of the covered entryway is necessitated by the location of
the house, which has been necessitated by the lot dimensions and setbacks; and,
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Planning Commission Resolution 509-97
May 21, 1997
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WHEREAS, granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicant any special
privilege that is denied by this Title to owners or other lands, structures or buildings in the same
district in that porches and entryways are typical improvements for single family residences; and,
WHEREAS, the variance requested is the minimum variance which would alleviate the
hardship in that the residence currently under construction is located 30 feet from the rear
property line and 30 feet from the front property line and the applicant has requested a six foot
variance to allow the covered entryway; and,
WHEREAS, the variance would not be materially detrimental to the purpose of this Title
or to other property in the same zone in that the covered entryway will encroach less into the
setback two other homes along Quincy Street that currently encroach into the front yard setback;
and,
WHEREAS, the proposed variance will not impair an adequate supply of light and air to
adjacent property or substantially increase the congestion of the public streets or increase the
danger of fire or endanger the public safety or substantially diminish or impair property values
within the neighborhood in that there is adequate screening and distance between the entryway
. and adjacent residences.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mounds View Planning Commission
acting as the Board of Adjustment and Appeals approves the variance request of Twin Cities
Habitat for Humanity for a reduction in the front setback requirement from 30 feet to 24 feet for
the construction ofa covered entryway at 5377 Quincy Street.
Adopted this 21st day of May, 1997
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Pamela Sheldon,
Community Development Director
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