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Page 1 of 3 <br />HARDSHIP DOCUMENTATION FORM <br />This form is a required submittal for ALL variance applications. An application <br />will not be considered complete or placed on any meeting agendas until this form is <br />complete and submitted to the City. _________________ <br />Minnesota Stale Statue Section 394.27. Subdivision 7 requires that a hardship be <br />demonstrated in order f or a variance to be granted The hardship must be unique to the <br />property as variances run with the land and not the land owner. Personal and economic <br />situations are not considered valid hardships. In order for an application to be heard by <br />the Planning Commission and City Council a hardship having merit must be <br />demonstrated. <br />HOW DO 1 PROVE A HARDSHIP? ^ , u .4 u <br />This form has 12 points outlining the basis City staff uses to determine if a hardship <br />exists and how the variance will affect the surrounding community. To prove a hardship, <br />address all the relevant points listed below and answer them as clearly as possible. <br />Since you are requesting the code exception, you have the burden of proving that the <br />variance is justified. The information the City receives is what is used in determining a <br />denial or approval recommendation. If you leave something out it will not be considered. <br />Please address each of these hardship criteria as they relate to the request (some may <br />not apply): <br />"The property in question cannot be put to a reasonable use if used under <br />conditions allowed by the official controls." <br />Kin TvV.*=L :, crsMMoT —_ <br />\■: In/ V-'>. I-.; ._______________________________________ <br />1. <br />2."The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not <br />created by the landowner." <br />TViS: ‘Z.Irvvi-gr * -me Ejc,si1r^<E^ __ <br />14V.J v/DrivT« __ . . . ...- <br />3."The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality." <br />‘ TT-tEl 1 snnn ik * ~nAf* _L.or..f»^-7tnJ <br />vkmu -c - crag-<^v»c*r O’-. <br />\\ P\ ■___________________________________________________—---------------------------------- <br />"Economic considerations alone shall not constitute an undue hardship if <br />reasonable use for the property exists under the terms of the Zoning Chapter.’’ <br />tvio __________________________:---------------- <br />^ ■ <br />i. <br />^ t ^ <br />I <br />. '4 <br />I ^ ^ <br />t .A <br />' <br />JM- <br />* . .. -\4 <br />^‘ r <br />" 1 <br />4 <br />V