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Date Application Received: October 25,2018 <br /> Date Application Considered as Complete: December 20,2018 <br /> 60-Day Review Period Expires: February 18,2019 <br /> d � <br /> To: Chair Thiesse and Planning Commission Members <br /> Dustin Rief, City Administrator lkEsxoV`� <br /> From: Laura Oakden, Planner <br /> Date: January 22, 2019 <br /> Subject: LA18-000091,AJ Helgerson, 2870 Goldenrod Way,Variance <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Application Summary: The applicant is requesting a variance to allow an Air Conditioning unit <br /> within 5 feet of a property line and within the drainage and utility easement. <br /> Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends denial of the request <br /> Background <br /> The applicant is requesting to leave the A/C unit in its current location on east side yard of the <br /> property. It is currently within 5 feet of the property line and within a drainage and utility <br /> easement, which is not permitted by City Code 78-1405 (7). This is a new home, constructed in <br /> 2018; When the home survey was first submitted the proposed home showed the A/C unit on <br /> the west side yard where it was noted as not permitted for being placed in a drainage and utility <br /> easement and within the side yard setback. <br /> The applicant has submitted practical difficulty statement explaining the challenges with moving <br /> the A/C unit to the rear of the home. <br /> Orono Preserve is a new subdivision, and many of the homes are built setback to setback. There <br /> have been 4 other homes within the Orono Preserve development where the A/C unit was <br /> placed in a not permissible location. The property owners were able to move the A/C unit to a <br /> conforming location, either to the rear yard or other side yard where it met city standards. <br /> LOT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET <br /> DISTRICT RPUD Orono Preserve Required Existing <br /> Front 25' 25.5' <br /> Rear 40' +/-270' <br /> Side (east) 5' 5' <br /> Side (west) 10' 10' <br /> Wetland and D/U in Rear yard N/A 40' <br /> Applicable Regulations: <br /> Variance (78-1405 (7)) <br /> Air conditioning or heating equipment may be located within a required yard but shall be <br /> located within five feet of the building it serves; shall not be located within an existing or <br /> required drainage and/or utility easement; and shall be located at least five feet from any <br />