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Attachment D WHEREAS, City Code §1009.04 (Variances) establishes the purpose of a variance is "to ЍЉ permit adjustment to the zoning regulations where there are practical difficulties applying to a ЍЊ parcel of land or building that prevent the property from being used to the extent intended by ЍЋ the zoning;" and ЍЌ WHEREAS, the Variance Board has made the following findings: ЍЍ a.The proposal is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Although such ЍЎ improvements are not specifically identified in the 2030 Roseville Comprehensive ЍЏ Plan, Planning Division staff finds that the proposed site improvements ЍА (customer/employee parking and semi-trailer storage/parking) for which the variance ЍБ is necessary are generally consistent with the Comprehensive Plan (Employment Area ЍВ Goals and Policies). ЎЉ b.The proposal is in harmony with the purposes and intent of the zoning ordinances. ЎЊ The purpose of the Zoning Code is to set development standards that achieve the goals ЎЋ and policies of the Comprehensive Plan and that make good development sense. ЎЌ There are instances, like in the case of the subject property, where the design ЎЍ standards and existing improvements conflict with one another. Planning Division ЎЎ finds that the proposal to expand the northeast customer/employee parking lot area ЎЏ cannot be completed without a variance to §1006.05.E (Parking Placement). Similarly ЎА the proposed addition of a storage/parking area for 31 semi-trailers adjacent to the ЎБ existing dock facility also requires a variance. Both of these improvements will be ЎВ completed in the area between the building and the street, which is not permitted. A ЏЉ variance to each improvement grants allowance to make these improvements, which ЏЊ are consistent with the intent of the zoning ordinance. ЏЋ c.The proposal puts the subject property to use in a reasonable manner. Planning ЏЌ Division concludes that it is a reasonable to seek improvements to the pre-existing ЏЍ non-conforming parking lot and add additional improved semi-trailer ЏЎ storage/parking especially when site redevelopment (the only option to achieve ЏЏ compliance with all Zoning Code standards) is not being contemplated. ЏА d.There are unique circumstances to the property which were not created by the ЏБ landowner. It is safe to say that the need for variances to parking lot design and ЏВ placement are a direct result of the Zoning Code being amended in 2010. Such АЉ changes and subsequent non-conformity are not uncommon, however, there are АЊ instances, like in this case, where the improvements justify the approval of the АЋ requested variances. АЌ e.The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. АЍ Planning Division staff has determined that the requested variance for expanding a АЎ pre-existing non-conforming parking lot and the addition of a semi-trailer АЏ storage/parking area adjacent to the existing dock facility would not alter the essential АА character of the locality, as the area is generally developed with industrial uses that АБ date back to the 1970’s when the City Code included a much different set of use and АВ site development design standards. БЉ WHEREAS, §1009.04 (Variances) of the City Code also explains that the purpose of a БЊ variance is “to permit adjustment to the zoning regulations where there are practical difficulties БЋ applying to a parcel of land or building that prevent the property from being used to the extent БЌ intended by the zoning;” and БЍ