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- PC Exhibit B <br /> PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES DOCUMENTATION FORM <br /> This form is a required submittal for ALL variance applications. Ar� application will not be consicfered <br /> corrap(ete or placed on any meeting agendas until this form is complete and submitted to the City. <br /> Mfnnesota State Statutes Section 462.357, Subdivision 6(2) requires that practica! difficulties be demonstrated In <br /> order for a variance to be granted. The difficulties must be unique to the property as varianoes run with the land <br /> and not the land owner. Personal and ecanomic sltuations are not consldered valid practical difficultfes. In order <br /> for an app�ication to be heard by the Pianning Cornmission and City Council practical dEfficulties having merit must <br /> be demonstrated. <br /> HOW DO I PROVE A PRAC7ICAL DIFFICULTY? <br /> This form has 12 points outlfning the basls City staff uses to determine if practical d�fficulties exist and how the <br /> varlance will affecf tfie surrounding community. To prove practical difficulties, address all the relevant poiMs <br /> listed below and answer thern as clearly as possfble. <br /> Sinoe you are requesting the code exoeptlon, you have the burderi of provine that the variancQ is Justll5ed. <br /> The ir�formation the City receives is what ls used in determEning a denia! or approval reoommenciation. If you <br /> leave something out it wlll not be considered, <br /> Please address each of fhe iw�ehre practical d/f�iculties criferr� as they r�slate to fhe request, If they do not spply, <br /> wrlte N/A in fhe space provlded: <br /> 1. "The property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonabls manner not permitted by the Zoning <br /> ��-�'„ <br /> 2. T e plight of the landowner is due ta circumstances unique to his property not createci by the landowner" <br /> ""C' c...s <br /> 3. "The variance, i#grantetl, wiil not alter the essential character of the locality." <br /> .+ � , <br /> � <br /> • " � ti.s. � � <br /> . � <br /> 4. "Economic cansiderations alone do not constitute practical difficulties if reasonabfe use for the property exists <br /> under the terms of the Zoning Chapter.° ` ` <br /> ��e.!c_ G!� �. t GA Mr��G w5�O�t�'C�.�d N.,� �r'O /A r <br /> 5. "Practical difficultles indude, but are not limited to, Inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy <br /> systems. Variances shall be granted for earth sheltered construction as defined in Minnesota Statutes, <br /> Sec'o�n i 16J.06, Subd. 2, when in harmony with this Chapter." <br /> r • -- <br /> 6. "The Board of Appeals and Adjustments or the Counal may not permit as a variance any use that is not <br /> atlowed under this Chapter for properly in the zone where the affected person's land is located." <br /> y,,.j A _ <br /> RECEIVED <br /> Padcet Last Updeted.� Jenuary 2015 <br /> DEC 1 12015 <br /> �,s � � 9 <br /> � � cir�r oF oRONo <br />