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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE VARIANCE BOARD OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a public hearing was held at the regular meeting of the Variance Board of the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota, on the 3rd day of September 2014, at 5:30 p.m. The following members were present: Chair Michael Boguszewski, Board Member Robert Murphy, and Alternate Board Member James Daire; and Cunningham arrived late due to traffic. Variance Board Member Daire introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: VB RESOLUTION NO. 106 A RESOLUTION APPROVING VARIANCES TO §1004.02 (ACCESSORY BUILDINGS) OF THE ROSEVILLE CITY CODE AT 389 SOUTH OWASSO BOULEVARD (PF14-021) WHEREAS, the subject property is legally described as: PIN: O 1-29-23-21-0004 The Northeasterly 50 feet of the Southwesterly 210 feet of Lot 3 A. K. Barnum's Garden Lots, according to the recorded plat thereof, Ramsey County, Minnesota. Subject to any and all easements of record. WHEREAS, City Code §1004.02 would require a detached accessory structure to be set back 5 feet from a side property line and 30 feet from a front property line and would require a driveway to be set back 5 feet from a side property line; and WHEREAS, the owner of the subject property, has requested variances to City Code § 1004.02 to allow a proposed detached garage to encroach into the required side and front yards and to allow a proposed driveway to encroach into the required side yard; and WHEREAS, City Code §1009.04 (Variances) establishes that the purpose of a variance is "to permit adjustment to the zoning regulations where there are practical difficulties applying to a parcel of land or building that prevent the property from being used to the extent intended by the zoning;" and WHEREAS, the Variance Board has made the following findings: a. The practical difficulty stems from the fact that even if there were a way to construct an attached or detached garage and driveway that met all code requirements, the garage would certainly compromise (if not entirely eliminate) the front entrance to the home as well as a majority of the home's southerly exposure to the sun; Page 1 of 3