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Staff Recommendation <br />Staff recommends denial of the request in its entirety. The alternate septic site and proposed <br />building location could be swapped to meet the required setbacks and no hardship inherent to the <br />land exists to grant a variance to permit an accessory building of a size in excess of what Code <br />permits. <br />Staff feels that if the Council wishes to approve the proposed 2,160 s.f. building stipulating a number <br />of conditions, the variance request should still be denied and the Plarming Commission and Council <br />work towards amending the code so that precedent is not set. The accessory structure ordinance was <br />aimed at reducing the negative impacts that come with one single large building. These negative <br />impacts include potential of future owners running a home occupation, appearance of a second <br />principal building, and changes in the landscape and screening over time tliat are currently un­ <br />foreseen. rhe ordinance is also aimed at building multiple smaller buildings that can be hidden <br />within the landscape and do not present opportunities for activities which arc not appropriate in a <br />residential zone. If the Planning Commission and Council believe that specified conditions can <br />mitigate these negative impacts than the code should be amended. Approval of a variance requires <br />hardship inherent to the land; a negotiation where conditions are specified mitigates the negative <br />impacts, but does not demonstrate a hardship. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED <br />The Council has several options for action on this application: <br />1.Approve the request consist with the Planning Commission recommendation and direct <br />slaf^f to draft a resolution approving a 1,200 s.f. building to be located 30 feet from tire <br />side lot line with a variance to permit the building to be nearer the street or front lot line <br />than the principal structure. <br />2.Deny the request, and if appropriate, direct staff to draft an amendment to the accessory <br />structure ordinance allowing an accessory building to exceed the specified maximum <br />subject to a set on conditions. <br />3.Approve one, or more, or all of the variances and outline the hardships inherent to the <br />land so that staff can draft a resolution for approval at the next City Council meeting.