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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. 742-03
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FROM THE MINIMUM FRONT AND
REAR SETBACKS FOR A RETAIL COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT AT
2800 COUNTY HIGHWAY 10; PLANNING CASE NO. VR03-010
WHEREAS, the applicant, Velmeir Companies, has applied for a variance from
the minimum front and rear setbacks for a retail commercial redevelopment project at
2800 County Highway 10; and,
WHEREAS, the legal description for the site is as follows:
Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Amoco Silver Addition
Ramsey County
WHEREAS, Section 1104.02 of the Mounds View Zoning Code indicates that the
minimum front setback for a parking lot is 30 feet and the minimum rear setback is 5
feet; and,
WHEREAS, The Planning Commission reviewed the following materials relating
to this request:
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Application
Zoning Map
Location Map
Site Plan
Applicant's Statement
Photographic Documentation
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Resolution 742-03
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WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing regarding
this variance on Wednesday, November 5,2003; 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
makes the following finding of facts related to this request:
1. The exceptional or extraordinary conditions relating to the, variance request are
that the lots are irregularly shaped and additional irregularly shaped land will be
added to the site to help meet parking and ponding needs for the redevelopment
of the former Amoco gas station.
2. The literal interpretation of the Zoning Code would create a hardship for the
applicant in that there are unique redevelopment challenges not normally
associated with raw land development.
3. The applicant has not caused the condition which prompted the variance
request.
4. Granting the variance would not confer upon the applicant a special privilege.
5. The variances requested are the minimum variances which would alleviate the
hardship in that they are the minimum necessary to allow for two rows of parking
with a 24-foot drive aisle in the front and adequatH room for vehicular
movements in the rear.
6. One of the prevailing goals of the zoning code is to promote positive
development and redevelopment within the community. Granting a variance to
allow for the utilization of the front setback would not be detrimental to the
Zoning Code in that it would open the door to a much-needed redevelopment,
and eliminate a blighted property.
7. The variance would 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED thatthe Mounds View Planning
Commission, based upon the above identified finding of facts, does hereby approve the
variance requested for a five-foot front parking lot setback and a two.,foot rear yard setback
associated with a commercial retail development at 2800 County Highway 10, subject to
the following requirements:
1. The applicant shall apply for and obtain approval of a Development Review,
Rezoning and Major Subdivision no later than November 4, 2004 or this approval
will be null and void.
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Resolution 742-03
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Adopted this 5th day of November, 2003.
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James Ericson
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