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PC Exhibit 8 <br /> PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES DOCUMENTATION FORM <br /> This form is a required submitta! for ALL variance applicatlons. An applicafion wiil not be considered <br /> comptete or placed on any meeting agendas until this form is complete and submitted to the City. <br /> Minnesota State Statutes Section 462.357, Subdivision 6(2) requires that practical dlfficul�es be demonstrated (n <br /> or�der ior a variance to be granted. The difficufties must be unique to the property as variances run with the land <br /> and not the land owner. Persona!and economic situations are not censidered valid practica!diflr"culties. fn 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? <br /> This form has 12 points outlining the basis City staff uses to determine if practical diffiicutdes exist and how the <br /> variance wtll affect the sur�ounding comrrtunity. To prove practical difficuttles, address all the relevant points listed <br /> below and answer them as cleatly as possible. <br /> Slnce you are requesting the code exception, you have the burden of proving that the variance Is justlfied. <br /> The information the City recefves is what is used in detarmining a cfenial or approval recommendation. If you leave <br /> something out it will not be considered. <br /> Please address each of the twelve practical d�cultiss criteria as they relate to the r�quest if they do nof apply, <br /> write N/A in the space provided: <br /> 1. "The property owner proposes t se the property in a re�son le manner not permi by t Zoning Ch r." <br /> � <br /> 2, "The plight of the landowner Is due to circumstances unique to his property nat created by the landowner." <br /> 3. 'The variance if granted will not alter e essential cha cter of the a'ty." <br /> 4. "Economic considerations alane do not constitute prac#ical difflcutties if reasonable use for the property exists <br /> under the t rms of the Zoning Chapter.fl J <br /> ,��� � o r��..�.: ��46A e2� <br /> 5. "Practical difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to dlrect sunlight for solar energy <br /> systems. Variances shall be granted for earth shel#ered construction as defi�ed in Minnesota Statutes,Section <br /> 118J,0 bd. 2,when in harmony with this Chapter." <br /> 6. "The Board of Appeals and Adjustments or the Counci!may not perrnit as a variance any use that is not allowed <br /> under±his hapter for property in the zone where the atfected person's land is focated." <br /> �2ECEIVED <br /> Varlance App!lcetlon—Apr112Q16 MAY 1 3 2016 <br /> Page 4 <br /> cir�r o�oRONo � � � �� <br />