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. B. City Requirements Section VIII, D, 4, c and d, ofthe City's Zoning Ordinance state that, "Adherence to the provisions of this ordinance is required, except for special cases which arise because of the configuration of a particular parcel. The condition shall not have been created by the landowner. A variance or variances may be granted from specific provisions of this ordinance because such land factors as length of a side of a lot, the shape of the lot or the unusual terrain prohibit reasonable development equivalent to that which would be permitted without variance on a similar size lot located in the same district, but which lot has no unusual configuration. Economic conditions alone shall not be grounds for a variance, In no case shall the granting of a variance impair the health, safety, comfort and general welfare ofthe public, nor will it be contrary to the intent and purpose of the Comprehensive Plan, the official map or this or any other ordinance ofthe City," Variance Findinl!s Minnesota State Stature 462.357, subd. 6, requires that Cities consider the following five matters when hearing requests for zoning ordinance variances, . 1. Are the circumstances for which the variance is requested unique to the property? . (YES) The properties have the unique feature of a shared driveway. While there are other properties in the City that have shared driveways, the combination of the shared driveway with several other features such as; no on-street parking at the location, the speed of traffic on Lexington Avenue, the amount ofvehicle trips per day on Lexington Avenue, and the lack of shoulders to provide a safe access; create a very unique situation for the applicants, The properties are located with Karth Lake on the west, the park to the south and are cut off from any access except for directly to Lexington Avenue. Since the properties will have some access removed with the installation of the center median in the Lexington Avenue Reconstruction. the additional driveways would provide better access for the property owners. Other properties in Arden Hills may be located along busy streets or have shared driveways but staff has not encountered any other properties that have the same combination of situations as outlined above, Properties along Highway 96 or Hamline Avenue may have access to a busy roadway but these properties either have roadway shoulders where they can move to when trying to access their properties or have far less \\Earth\Planning\Planning Cases\1005\05-09 Radziej and Sabol Dliveway Variances (PENDING}\04-06-05 PC Report Rodziej and Sabot . Oriveway Variances.doc Page 3 0/7