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LutherCadiliac Project 5tatt Report April 12,.2022 Gem Lake Planning Commission Page 7 Section 1.7,5.9(C) ij Shall rmaintain harmony and compatibility with surrounding uses and with the architectural Character and designstandards 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 is concerns with the parking lot being compatible with the properties to the north. 2) Shall meet or exceed all Performance Standards contain .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 limited to, parks, schools, and utilities serving the area. The proposed development would: not be generating traffic to a level that would overburden streets or other public services and utilities. Variance criteria Practical Difficulties, per Section'I7.4.1: • The property owner proposes to use: the property in a reasonablemanner not permitted by: the zoning ordinance The request is to have a zero foot setback, in order to permit a parking lot to extend over two parcels that areunder the same. ownership. Dub 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.:clecumstances 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 alter the essential character of the locality It will be..urilikely that passersby will be aware. of the. municipal boundary in .this area, which creates the need to keep the property. line and triggered the. need.for a setback. Reducing the s.etback.along the south property line to zero feet for the parking lot would allow the site to appear and function as one development, and does not appear to have an impact to the. character of adjace nt::area9. within the :city. Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties The. practical .difficulty is due to the location of the municipal boundary preventing the parcels from being combined; economicconsiderations are. not noted as. a. practical difficuRy.. Practical: difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems N/A 01.