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Date Application Received: 5-20-03 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 5-23-03 <br />60-Day Review Period Espires: 7-22-03 <br />Extended on 6-20-03 to: 9-20-03 <br />To:Chair Smith and Planning Commissioners <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Subject: <br />Mike Gaflfron, Planning Director <br />July 17,2003 <br />#03-2904 Richard S. Brown, 1300 Shoreline Drive - Variance - <br />Revised Plan - Continuation of Public Hearing <br />Zoning District: <br />Lot Area: <br />RR-IB Single Family Lakeshore Residential, 2-acre min. <br />19,388 s.f. (0.45 acre) <br />Application Summary: Applicant requested an after-the-fact variance for certain retaining <br />wall setbacks on the property, and a hardcover variance for excessive hardcover in the 500- <br />1000' zone. This item was tabled at the June meeting to allow applicant to explore ways to <br />reduce the excess hardcover. <br />Allowed = 35% = 6,785.6 s.f. <br />Existing - 50.8% = 9,860 s.f. <br />Initial Proposal = 45.^ = 8,908 s.f. <br />Proposal = 39.7% = 7,693 s.f. <br />Staff Recommendation: The applicant has made a good faith effort to reduce hardcover by <br />eliminating the circle driveway and replacing it with a walkway and stairs in the front yard, <br />and establishing parking spaces near the lower driveway. If Planning Commission determines <br />that the unique circumstances regarding the history of this property can be deemed as a <br />hardship, then a recommendation for approval of the after-the-fact variances would be in <br />order. <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Revised Hardcover Submittal <br />B - Notice of PC Action 6-20-03 <br />C - Memo and Exhibits of 6-11-03 <br />This item was tabled at the June meeting in order for applicant to work with staff to reduce the <br />hardcoN cr to as near the 35% limit as possible. Staff met with the applicant and discussed each item <br />of hardcover on the property. Applicant made some decisions as to the relative importance of each <br />hardcover item to his use of the property. After working with a landscape architect, the applicant <br />determined that removal of the circular drive could result in a positive impact to the property and <br />result in a hardcover reduction of 2,167 s.f., yielding a final 500-1000* hardcover of 7,693 s.f. or <br />39.7%. <br />While additional items of hardcover could be removed, they represent amenities that applicant feels <br />are integral to his use of the property (patio areas) or which the removal of would reduce the <br />functionality of the site (reduction of the lower driveway surface would make it difficult to maneuver <br />vehicles into that space). <br />. • * <br />I <br />J