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54 <br />CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION 11-065 <br />RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR A <br />GARAGE SETBACK PERMIT FOR 3205 - 36M AVENUE NE <br />WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was scheduled with the Planning Commission for <br />October 18, 2011 to consider the property owners' request for a Garage <br />Setback Permit; and <br />WHEREAS, the applicants presented a site plan showing the proposed six (6) foot <br />addition to the west side of their garage; and <br />WHEREAS, the applicants are requesting the Garage Setback Permit to build two (2) <br />feet into the side yard setback to build the addition that will convert their <br />attached single care garage to a double care garage; and <br />WHEREAS, the applicants provided a written statement as required by MN statutes <br />describing their reasons why they have a unique situation with their <br />property, that strict enforcement would cause practical difficulties in <br />reasonably using their property, that the property cannot be put to a <br />reasonable use without the variance, that the circumstances causing the <br />practical difficulties were not created by the owners, that the variance, if <br />granted, will not alter the essential characteristics of the neighborhood, <br />that the economic considerations alone are not the basis of the practical <br />difficulties; and <br />WHEREAS, staff received no opposition to the applicants' proposed six (6) foot garage <br />addition; and <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commissioners voted unanimously to recormnend approval <br />of the Garage Setback Permit, and <br />BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of St. Anthony does hereby agree <br />with the Planning Commission's recommendation; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St. Anthony does <br />hereby approves a Garage Setback Permit for 3205 - 36th NE. <br />