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<br />granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. Conditions may be attached <br />to a variance that mitigate the impacts on adjoining properties. <br /> <br />4.2 The Comprehensive Plan encourages reconstruction and upgrading of residential <br />structures (and neighborhood) throughout the community. Specifically, Section II <br />(Community Wide - General) and Section III (Residential) list Roseville's goals and <br />policies. (see attachment) <br /> <br />4.3 The City does not allow driveway access (slope) greater than 10%. Mr. Wieden's current <br />driveway slope is between 16% and 19%. Plan 2 would not eliminate or reduce the grade <br />of the slope. <br /> <br />4.4 The property is uniquely situated as a corner lot fronting Dale Street and Eldridge <br />Avenue. The garage and main access is off of Dale Street, while a secondary access was <br />installed along Eldridge Avenue to deal with the complexities and safety of accessing <br />Dale street in the winter and vehicle congestion periods. <br /> <br />4.5 The Dale Street Pathway Project has triggered this variance request and the need to <br />provide a reasonable location for access to the site. <br /> <br />5.0 PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION & RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />5.1 On May 10,2000, the Roseville Planning Commission held the public hearing regarding <br />Mr. Wieden's variance request. The adjacent property owner (west) addressed the <br />Commission supporting the request. However, Mr. Wieden addressed the Commission <br />indicating hesitancy to proceed through with the construction ofthe garage given the <br />constructions bids received. <br /> <br />5.2 The Planning Commission asked Mr. Wieden and Staff a number of questions regarding <br />the three proposals and had mixed concerns and findings regarding the selection of <br />option (Plan) 3. <br /> <br />5.3 The Planning Commission failed to recommend approval ofthe request on a 3 - 4 vote. <br /> <br />6.0 SUGGESTED COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />6.1 It is recommended the City Council develop findings to determine whether there is an <br />"undue hardship" significant enough to recommend approval of a variance. The <br />following is a possible guide for these findings: <br /> <br />a. The hardship situation was not created by the applicant (Wieden) and existed <br />prior to the applicant... (existing tree removal and safety issues with driveway <br />access to Dale Street) <br /> <br />PF3211 - RCA (061200) Page 3 of 4 <br />