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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Resolution 613-00 . . . MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 613-00 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 1008.08, SUBD. 10C, OF THE MOUNDS VIEW MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING A REDUCED MINIMUM SPACING REQUIREMENT BETWEEN A PROPOSED BILLBOARD ON SYSCO PROPERTY AND A BILLBOARD APPROVED ON THE ADJACENT BRIDGES GOLF COURSE PROPERTY; MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING CASE VROO-003. WHEREAS, The applicant, DeLite Outdoor Advertising Company, representing the property owner, Sysco Minnesota, has applied for a variance to allow for the siting of a billboard less than 1,000 feet from the nearest approved billboard located on the adjacent Bridges Golf Course property; and, WHEREAS, Sysco Minnesota is located at 2400 County Road J, property which is zoned PUD, Planned Unit Development, and is legally-described as follows: Lot 1. Block 1, SYSCO and Lot 1, Block 2, SYSCO Ramsey County, Minnesota WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding this proposal: 1. Planning Application 2. Zoning Map 3. Location Map 4. Site Plan 5. Staff Report 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, . . . Resolution 613-00 Sysco Variance April 19, 2000 Page 2 WHEREAS, a public hearing was held Wednesday, April 19, 2000, with regard to this variance request; and, 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 has reviewed the criteria identified in Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code and makes the following findings of fact: I. Exceptional or extraordinary circumstances apply to 2400 County Road J in that the existing parking lot and truck circulatory system effectively prohibits the siting of a billboard in a location consistent with the requirements of the Code. 2. A deprivation to the property owner exists in that the literal interpretation of the Code would prohibit the siting of two billboards which would otherwise meet the Code requirements were it not for the location and configuration of the parking lot. 3. The applicant was not involved in the drafting of the ordinance which conditionally allows the installation of billboards on properties north of State Highway 10. Its business and the associated site development and improvements had occurred long before the contemplation of such an ordinance. Had the ordinance been in effect prior to the Sysco development, the site plan could have been configured in such as way to allow for the location of two billboards in compliance with the provisions of Section 1008.08. 4. The only other property owner in the corridor where billboards have been allowed is the Bridges Golf Course, which has already received approval for six billboards on golf course property. Installation of billboards is not allowed on any other properties in the City. S. The variance requested is the minimum necessary to allow for the second billboard while still maintaining a separation allowable by Minnesota Department of Transportation permitting standards, which allows for a minimum spacing of 500 feet. 6. Granting a variance for a reduced minimum spacing between two billboards would not be materially detrimental to the purpose of this Title or to other property in the same zone. 7. The proposed reduced spacing between the two billboards would not impair a supply of light or increase congestion, nor would it increase the danger of fire or endanger the public safety or diminish property values. . . . Resolution 613-00 Sysco Variance April 19, 2000 Page 3 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission finds there to be sufficient hardship with regard to the request made by DeLite Outdoor Advertising Company and does hereby approve a variance for a reduced minimum spacing requirement between a billboard proposed on Sysco property and a billboard approved on Bridges Golf Course property as indicated on Exhibit A attached to this resolution, contingent upon the following: 1. The applicant shall arrange to have recorded with Ramsey County this resolution of approval and provide proof of such recordation to the City within 60 days of the date of approval. 2. This variance shall be considered null and void without an approved interim use permit. Adopted this 19th day of April, 2000. ~.v ~X--=-- Jerry Peter n, ~airperson ATTEST: ~~ Rick Jopke, Co munity Development Dlfector (SEAL) J:\DA T A\GROUPS\COMDEv\DEYCASES\ VROO-O03\RESOLUTION 613-00.DOC Exhl A. 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