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n <br />Date Application Received: 4>23-03 <br />Date Apptication Considered as Complete: 5-13<03 <br />60-Day Review Period Eipires: 7-13‘^3 <br />JUN 9 2003 <br />CirVOPORONO <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: June 5,2003 <br />Item No. <br />Department Approval:Administrator Approval: <br />Name: Michael P. GafTron <br />Title: Planning Director <br />Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />Item Description: #03-2901 Denali Custom Homes/ Melinda Lee & Thomas DeVeau <br />680 Tonkawa Road - Variances <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Notice of Planning Commission Action 5-29-03 <br />B - Draft Planning Commission Minutes 5-19-03 <br />C - Memo and Exhibits of 5-15-03 <br />Application Summary The applicants propose to remove an existing house and construct a <br />new house on property locateii at 680 Tonkawa Road. The lot is located in the LR-IB zoning <br />district requiring a minimum lot size of one acre and a lot width of 140* measured at the <br />lakeshore and at the 75' setback. They are requesting variances to permit new construction on <br />an undersized lot (0.54 acre) having a lot width of 64*. Also requested is a hardcover variance <br />for the 75-250 ’ zone to allow 29.15% where only 25% is normally allowed. <br />Planning Commission Recommendation <br />Platming Commission reviewed the application at a public hearing on May 19,2003 and voted 5-0 <br />to recommend approval of lot area and lot width variances, and recommend approval of hardcover <br />at the 29.15% level proposed, based on the following hardships which Planning Commission <br />concluded constitute unusual circumstances unique to this property: <br />1) Loss of lake views that would result by moving house closer to the road due to average <br />setback variance previously granted to neighbor. <br />Narrowness of lot at only 64 ’ width. <br />Steep topography, i.e. existing necessary hardcover associated with retaining wails and <br />lake access stairs in 75-250 ’ zone. <br />2) <br />3) <br />Approval recommendation is subject to submittal of a grading and drainage plan addressing the <br />issues noted by the City Engineer in his letter of May 14,2003.