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PC Exhibit 8 <br /> PRACTICAL D1FFICULTIES DOCUMENTATI�N FORM <br /> This form is a required submittal for ALL variance appficatians. An application will not be considered <br /> compJete or placsd on any meeting agendas until this form is complete and submitted to the City. <br /> Minnesota State Stafutes Sectlon 462,357, Subdivlslon 6(2) requires that practical difficulties be demonstrated in <br /> order for a varianoe to be granted_ The difficultfes must be unique to the praperty as variancss run with the land <br /> and not the land owner. Personal and economic situafions are Rof considered valid practical dif�cultles. fn order <br /> for an application to be heard by the Planning Commission and City Councfl practical dlfficulties having merit must <br /> be demonsbrated. <br /> HOW DO I PROVE A PRACTICAI., DIFFICULTY? <br /> This form has 12 points outlining the basis City staff uses to determine if practical dif�culties exist and how the <br /> varianc:e will affect the surrounding community. To prove prac�cal difficulties, address alE the relevant points <br /> listed below ar�d answer them as clearly as possible. <br /> Since you are requesting the code excepUon, you have the burden ef proving that the variance is Justified. <br /> The irtfoRnation the Clty receives is what is used in determining a denial or approval recommendation. tf you <br /> leave something out it will not be considered. <br /> Please address each of the twelve practical diffkulties crrterfa as they relate to fhe request, if they do nof appty, <br /> write N/A in the space provided: <br /> 1. "The property owRer proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by the Zaning <br /> Chapter." <br /> �,.,oT 1 s .C,_ s� �eQ_.Es <br /> 2. "The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created by the lan owner.° <br /> � �N l s R.o s r t�lt� � v..�L� � S�K �, <br /> -o < ee�,s . <br /> 3. "The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality." <br /> S P� ( To u�� t�7� �K 6 C.E � r ►tie� <br /> '"T�1-�-r o �Q Li �'t=� O <br /> 4. "Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties if reasonable use for the property exists <br /> uncfer the terms of the Zoning Chapter." , / �� <br /> fV ._. � - <br /> 5. °Practical difficulties include, but are not Ilmited to, inadequate access to dlrect sunligfit for solar energy <br /> systems. Variances shaU be granted for earth sheltered constructlon as deffned in Minnesota Statutes, <br /> Section 116J.Q6, Subd. 2, when in harmony with this Chapter.° �/ <br /> /v <br /> 6. "The Board of Appeals and Adjustments or the Council may not permit as a variance any use that is not <br /> ailowed uncler this Cf�apter for property in the zone where the affected person's land is iocated.° <br /> RECEIVED <br /> MAY 2 0 2�15 <br /> Pscket Lasf Llpda[ed: January 2015 <br /> �,;s �� Page 16 � ./ � � � �i N��R�O <br /> i,r X-- <br />