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08/20/96 TUE 12:52 FAX 6129407800 DORSEY WHITNEY Z • Ste. Marie Company, as owner of the property Yat Apache Plaza Shopping Center legally described as follows (the "Site"): Lot 5, Block 1, Silver Lake Center, according to the recorded plat thereof, Ramsey County, Minnesota, has applied for a variance from the required setback of a proposed new addition to the existing building on the Site from the west lot line of the Site. The Planning Commission, after a public hearing on the requested variance, has considered the facts and circumstances relating to the requested variance. The Planning Commission hereby makes the following findings: 1. The subject matter of the application is within the scope of Section 1665.06 of the City Code. 2. Strict enforcement of the setback requirement with respect to the Site would cause an undue hardship because: (a) The setback in question is from a lot line which is adjoining an • interior driveway through a shopping center, and is not adjoining another development site. (b) The lot line on the opposite side of the Site from the setback in question is adjoining a county road, and is subject to county road setback requirements that would prohibit adequate expansion of the building on that side of the Site. (c) The proposed expansion of the building on the Site to accommodate a new City liquor store is a reasonable use of the Site. -(d) In view of the findings in (a), (b) and (c) above, the Site can not be put to a reasonable use without the variance. (e) Circumstances causing the hardship are created by the location of the Site between a county road right-of-way and an interior driveway through a shopping center, and were not created by the owner. (f) The variance if granted will not alter the essential character of • the locality. (g) Economic considerations alone are not the basis of the hardship.