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,� <br /> * <br /> To: Chair Kempf and Planning Commissioners <br /> Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br /> From: Mike Gaffron, Planning Director <br /> Date: April 12, 2007 <br /> Subject: Andy Anderson Residence, 2001 Sugar Woods Drive - <br /> Request for Waiver of Sugar Woods Covenants: <br /> Grading, Tree Removal within Protected Setback Areas <br /> Application: Applicant has filed an application seeking to waive the requirements or standards <br /> of the covenants of the Sugar Woods Development. The first involves removal of trees greater <br /> than 2" diameter within the required yards. The second involves grading within the required <br /> yards. <br /> List of Exhibits <br /> A- Letter of Request <br /> B - Plat Map, Airphotos <br /> C - Grading Plan, Tree Removal Plan, Tree Planting Plan <br /> D - House Plans & Elevations <br /> E - Relevant Excerpts from Sugar Woods Covenants <br /> F - Building Permit Supplement Sheets: Waiver Process <br /> G - City Engineer Comments (Review of Feb. 14 submittal) <br /> A special review procedure was established by the City in dealing with requests of owners who <br /> aze unable to meet the special standards agreed upon by both the City and developer Sid Rebers <br /> in the early 1990s for the Planned Residential Development of the Sugar Woods subdivision. <br /> Commissioners are asked to familiarize yourselves with those standards in Exhibits E and F. <br /> The Anderson application includes the following: <br /> 1. A request to vary from the standard that prohibits the removal of trees greater than 2" <br /> diameter at 4' above grade, within the "no grading zone/woodlands protection area", i.e. <br /> in the setback areas defined within each lot. Tree removal is proposed to allow for <br /> grading to help eliminate existing drainage problems on the site. Tree replacement is <br /> proposed. <br /> 2. A request to allow grading within the protected area, to help solve the drainage <br /> problems on the site. <br /> Planning Commission members are advised that the requests of residents of Sugar Woods to vary <br /> from the covenants are not charged a fee by the City. Because of this, applicants are asked to <br /> provide all tfie necessary information and present their special request to the Planning <br /> Commission and staff. You are asked to review the exhibits and to specifically refer to the <br /> applicant's letter of request and submitted plans. <br />