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HARDSHIP DOCUMENTATION FORM <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />TWs 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 State Statue Section 394.27. Subdivision 7 requires that a hardship be <br />demonstrated in order (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 bo heard by <br />the Planning Commission and City Council a hardship having merit must be <br />demonstrated. <br />HOW DO t PROVE A HARDSHIP? <br />This form has 12 points outlining the basis City staff uses to determine if a hardship <br />exists and how the variance wirill 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 />Ptease address each of these hardship criteria as they relate to the request (some may <br />not apply). <br />1.■The property in question cannot bo put to a reasonable use if used under <br />conditions allowed by the official controls." <br />f\(.V <br />-Ui.-4? <br />,*!> i . \ ’V > <br />•The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not <br />created by the landowner.*^ ^ . <br />________ _ ^ <br />Cv^V. U _____________________, , <br />■The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality." <br />iktjLt- Vox. L i.v- ^ <br />^ V.. .-»( . i l-iT i I'n .Uf c*.VV <br />•Economic considerations alone shall not cortstitute an undue hardship if <br />reasonable use for the property exists under the terms of the Zoning Chapter." <br />__________________________________________ <br />/;//<s___ <br />a-