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PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 587-99
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 1104.01,
SUBD. 4, OF THE MOUNDS VIEW ZONING CODE PERTAINING TO SETBACKS TO
ALLOW FOR A REDUCED SETBACK FOR A GARAGE AT 2801 WOODALE DRIVE;
MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING CASE NO. 561-99
WHEREAS, Michael and Christine Gregori of2801 Woodale Drive have applied for a
variance to permit a garage eleven feet from their east side lot line abutting Silver Lake Road;
and,
WHEREAS, 2801 Woodale Drive is property zoned R-I, Single Family Residential,
legally described as follows:
Lot 11, Except the North 25() Feet There(~f, Knollwood Park
Ram.'ley County, Minnesota
WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following
documents regarding this proposal:
1. PlalUling Application
2. Zoning Map
3. Location Map
4. Proposed Site Plan
5. Letter from Applicants
WHEREAS, the purpose of the variance provision in the Zoning Code is to give relief to
property owners when the strict enforcement of the zoning code requirements imposes a hardship
thereby restricting the improvement of property due to practical difficulties brought about by
unique or extraordinary features of the physical property that are beyond the property owner's
control; and,
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held Wednesday, July 7, 1999 with regard to this
variance request; and,
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Resolution 587-99
Gregori Variance
July 7, 1999
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WHEREAS, according to Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal
Code, the Planning Commission is to review a standard set of criteria, of which all must be
satisfied, in order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission
finds that the criteria as identified in Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View
Municipal Code are satisfied and finds there to be sufficient hardship with regard to the property
located at 2801 W oodale Drive to warrant the approval of a variance to Michael and Christine
Gregory for the constnlction of a 672 square-foot garage eleven feet from the property line, and
makes the following findings offact related to its decision:
1. Exceptional or extraordinary circumstances apply to 2801 Woodale Drive which do not
apply generally to other properties in the same zone or vicinity in that the house and
garage were built in 1953, predating the City's zoning code by seven years.
2. The literal interpretation of the provisions of this Title would deprive the applicant of
rights commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same district under the terms of this
Title in that multiple car garages are common features in this district and serve as a
physical improvement to properties
3 The variance request is the result offactors over which the applicants had no control. The
house and garage were constructed in such a way that made the garage non-conforming
with the advent of the City's Zoning Code.
4. Granting a variance to allow a two-car garage in the same location as the existing single-
stall garage, without further encroaching into the setback, would not be a special privilege.
Multiple-car garages are standard residential features while single stall-garages are
becoming functionally obsolete.
5. The Planning Commission finds that an eleven-foot setback is the minimum variance that
would alieviate the applicant's hardship.
6. The purpose of the variance provision in the Code is to give relief to property owners
seeking to improve their properties yet are unable to do so because of zoning code
requirements and factors beyond their control. Granting this variance for a two-car garage
utilizing the same setback as the existing garage would not be materially detrimental to the
purpose of this Title or to other property in the same zone.
7 A 672 square-foot garage set back eleven feet from the Silver Lake Road right of way
would not impair a supply oflight or increase congestion, nor would it increase the danger
offire or endanger the public safety or diminish property values
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Resolution 587-99
Gregori Variance
July 7, 1999
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Adopted this 7th day of July, 1999.
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Jerry Peterson, Chairperson
ATTEST:
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Rick Jopke, Community Development Director
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