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Date Application Received: 09/20/17 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 11/01/17 <br />60 -Day Review Period Expires: 12/31/17 <br />To: Chair Thiesse and Planning Commission Members <br />Dustin Rief, City Administrator <br />From: Melanie Curtis, Planner h'1GG <br />Date: 20 November 2017 <br />Subject: #17-3980, Shawn Wischmeier, 540 Big Island, <br />ATF Variance <br />Public Hearing <br />Application Summary: The applicant is requesting variance approval to permit construction of <br />a detached accessory building less than 10 feet from the principal structure. <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends denial. <br />Background <br />A permit for the new home on the property was issued in May of 2017. Due to the remoteness <br />of the Big Island property and winter weather approaching, the applicant made site <br />preparations, brought materials to the property, and began construction of a 300 square foot <br />shed prior to the issuance of a building permit this fall. The shed is located 6.7 feet from the <br />principal structure where a 10 -foot setback is required. Construction on the shed has been <br />stopped and the application has requested a setback variance. <br />LOT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET <br />Section 78-570 & 78-1279- Setbacks: <br />RS District <br />Required <br />Proposed <br />Rear <br />50' <br />+200' <br />East Side <br />50' <br />±75' <br />West Side <br />50' <br />+300' <br />Lakeshore <br />75' <br />±125' <br />Average Lakeshore <br />The shed will be conforming with respect to the average <br />lakeshore setback. <br />Structure to Structure <br />10' <br />6.7' <br />Section 78-1403- Structural Coverage: <br />The property has 3.2 acres in area and exceeds 1.99 acres; it is not subject to structural coverage <br />limitations. <br />