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PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES DOCUMENTATION FORM PC Exhibit C <br />This form is a required 9 . ubmittal for ALL variance applications. An application will not be considered <br />complete or placed on any meeting 'agendas until thia form is complete and submftd to the City. <br />Minnesota State Statutes Section 462.357, Subdivision 6(2) requires that proalcal.difficulties be.demonstrated in <br />order for a variance tD be granted. The difficulties must be unique to the prop" as. variances run with the land <br />and not the land. owner. Personal and. ec9nomic situations am not considered valid pracUcal diftuldes. In order <br />for an application to be heard by the Planning Commission and City Council practical difficulties having merit must. <br />be demonstrated. <br />HOW DO I PROVE A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY? ies exist and how the <br />This form has 12 points outlining the basis City staff uses to determine if practical difficulti <br />variance will affect the surrounding community. To prove practical difficulties, address all the relevant points listed <br />below and answer them as clearly as possible. <br />Since you are raqqestng the co i de exception, you have the burden of proving that the varlan ' ce is justified. <br />The infbrmabon the City receives is what is. used in determining a denial or approval irecommendabon. Ifyouleave <br />something out it will not be considered. <br />Please address each of the tweW precdcal difficuffies cftr1a as they relate to the request, if they do not apply, <br />wfft WA in the space provided., <br />1. oThe prope . ow posesto use Ule proyerly in a ressonsWe manner not permitted. by the Zoning Chapter. 11 <br />.0 'er � Apo &&oW4AjV �ezl <br />W1 _Z 40sit "!9 <br />Vdv <br />e an <br />2. "The plight of the landowner is due to phrcurDsta. noes uniqu;,tohjs roperty not created. by th i downer. <br />Apt. Z"& mxa��� <br />3. 'Th variance, qranted, will. no alter esser4jal charactpr of tl ocality�.W <br />A Af <br />k- - __ <br />Yw- eA 9- <br />4. "Economic considerations alone do ni nstftute pracUcal difficulties if reasonable use for the property exists <br />un&r the terrj)s of the Zoning Ph_ pipter.m.,, <br />_,, <br />5. nPractical dirfficulties'include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunligjit for solar energy <br />systems. Variances shall be granted for earth sheltered construcUon as defined in Ml finesota Statutes, Section <br />11,6J.06, Subd. 2, when In har.mony with this Chapter." f4hv <br />6, uThe Board of Appeals and Adjustments or the Council may not permit as a variance an ' y use ftwt is not allowed <br />under this Chapter for prop" in the zore where ftaffected person's land <br />Variance Applicatibn - May 2010 <br />Page 4 <br />