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Street Yard Set Back (78-350) Street Yard Setback (78-350) The code required all principle buildings be 30’ from the street property line on lakeshore lots. The home currently conforms to this setback. The applicant is requesting a 14’ setback to allow for a garage addition. Response: When we acquired the home, it had a detached garage with porch that was within 10’ feet of the roadway and well beyond what we are proposing in this plan. This is consistent with the neighborhood, where our neighbors have garages built substantially within 30’ feet of the road. Many are actually built within 5’ of the road in the utility easement. Recently, our neighbor at 1973 Fagerness, completed a garage and porch remodel which the City approved. Our proposed design is virtually identical to 1973, albeit we are more in line with the current regulations as our proposed structure would be much further from the street. Additionally, the driveway at 1973 is over 18’ wide. Average Lakeshore Setbacks (78-1279) No principal or accessory building shall be located closer to the Ordinary High Water Line (OHWL) than the average distance from the shoreline of existing principal buildings on adjacent lots; This does not apply to patios and other accessory structures less than 42 inches above existing grade, and/or stairways, lifts, landings, lockboxes, flagpoles and pump houses. Further, the average lakeshore setback shall apply only to classified lakes and shall not apply to tributaries. The average lakeshore setback line shall be a straight line connecting the most lakeward protrusions of the principal buildings on the immediately adjacent lakeshore lots. A corner of the proposed addition and stair is shown to be lakeward of the average lakeshore setback. Solution: We can accommodate this by moving from 14’ to 15’ to meet this requirement. Driveways, in general. (78-1681) All driveways shall comply with the following minimum dimensional standards: Driveways serving end loading garages shall maintain a width equivalent to the width of all overhead doors extending 15 feet out from the garage doors. Due to the proposed setback of 14 feet, the driveway will extend 14 feet from the garage door, 15’ is required. Solution: We can move this to 15’ to accommodate. Driveways, stairways, lifts and landings. (78-1282) A driveway no wider than eight feet is permitted in the shoreland or tributary setback zone if the property has no other frontage on or