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p^rw MINUmsOl'TIIK OKONO CITY COUNCIL MIT: I INCi Monday, liccembcr 13,2004 7:00 o’clock pm. McMillan .sinicd Ihc planner indtulcd the garage in the calculation. .Sansevcrc stated the City Council needs to be consistent with their approval-s and that they may .set a precedent iPlhey approve the additional hardcover. Vogstrom stated in his view the Council would be consistent in granting Ihc .34.5 percent hardcover given the other two lots that were granted higher hardcover. Vogstrom stated percent of his lot is located within the U-7S', with one of the examples of hardship cited in the memorandum being the fact that 50 percent of'.he lot was located in the 0-75 ’ zone. Vogstn»m stated iit his opinion some of the hardship crit ;ria found it) the other two applications ap|)ly to his lot. Vogstrom stated even with a 1,500 square fool footprint, minimum size deck, sidewalk, driveway, and a two-stall garage, he would still be at 32.5 percent hardcover. Vogstrom staletl the difference he is proposing i.s two percent, which is the difference between a two-car garage ond a three-car garage. (iaITron slated he is not in agreement with most of the eommetils of the applicant. Gaffron stated the property located at 1690 Shndywood is located on a busy county road and requires a backup apr*m. (iaifron staled he does not believe that the Iratric on ('asco Point Road recpiircs a backup apron. In addition, the second hardship found for the 1690 .Shadywood property was the fact that the location of the adjacent homes would reduce lake views causing a tunnel effect. Third, the nonuplimum lot shape analysis results in juslilication forn 2H9 square foot variance. CiaflVon explained an optimum lot sha|K- analysis formula was utilized in the I.olfler and Switz cases, which was not utilized prior to 2004. In Staffs view, this formula lus some inherent Weakne.s.ses and has contributed in the past yeai to exce.ssive haidcover allowances comparexi to those granted to similar lots in previous years. 8talf is reluctant to continue using the curicnl uplimum lot shape analysis method as a basis for haidcover variances, as it suggests that all lots 3