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Luther Cadillac Project Staff Report April 12, 2022 Gem Lake Planning Commission Page 7 Section 17.5.9(cy 1) Shall rnajntain.harmony and compatibility with surrounding uses and with the architectural character and design standards of existing uses and development; The site is unique in that a majority of the site is not within the city limits; there are no buildings or structures within the Gem Lake side that would add or subtract from the aesthetics of the .area. Since the site is within the gateway zone, the commission could request additional landscaping or screening. if there. isconcerns with the. parking lot being.compatible with the properties to the. north. 2) Shall meet or exceed all Performance Standardscontain elsewhere in this Ordinance,. The proposed use is meeting applicable.zoning requirements: 3) Shall not generate such additional traffic associated with the use that would overburden or exceed the capabilities of streets and other public services and facilities including, but not lunited. to, parks,. schools, and utilities serving the area. The proposed. development would not be generating traffic to a level that wo:uI-d overburden streets or other pubIiic services and utilities. Variance criteria: Practical Difficulties,. per Section 17,41: The property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by the zoning. ordinance The request is to have a zero foot.setback, in order to permit a parking lotto extend over two parcels that .are under the same ownership: Due to the. lots being in different municipalities., the. two lots. are unable to be combined... Without a variance, the parking lot. would. need to maintain a setback from the. property line. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to the property not created by the landowner The municipal boundary, not created by the land owner,. prevents the parcel from being combined with the other parcels under the same ownership The variance, if granted, will not alterthe essentlal character of the locality It will be unlikely that passersby will be aware of the municipal boundary in this area, which creates the need to keep the`property line -and triggered theneed for a Setback,. Reducing :the setback along the south property Iine.to zero feet for the parking. tot would allow the site to appear andfunction as one development, and does not appear to have an impact to the character of.adjacent areas within the city. Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties The practical difficulty:is due to the location of the municipal boundary preventing theparcels from being.combined; economic considerations .ate not rioted as a practical:difficulty. Practical difficulties include, but are not: limited to, inadequate access to directsunJight.for solar energy systems - NIA 9