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4. <br />5. <br />L ..A <br />b. <br />c. <br />d. <br />The lot area and width are sufficient to allow development of a single family <br />residence meeting or nearly meeting all standards of the LR-IC zoning <br />district. <br />The minimal actual encroachment of side street setback by house (2. S' <br />encroachment) and portico (<2* encroachment), and the narrow widtli of the <br />lot, plus the substantial separation between the proposed house and the <br />traveled portion of the side street, act as hardships to support the side street <br />setback variance. <br />The proposed house will be sized smaller than 1500 s.f. lot coverage allotment <br />for lots less than 10,000 s.f. in area, and the configuration ofthe lot and garage <br />location will minimize hardcover while still allowing for off-street vehicle <br />parking in front ofthe garage. The revised proposal accounts for the necessary <br />hardcover amenities to functionally serve the house (AC pad, front sidewalk). <br />A small first-floor level deck of no greater than 120 s.f. should be allowed on <br />the lake side of the house meeting all principal structure setbacks. The small <br />lot size is a hardship supporting a hardcover variance to allow 1,838 s.f. <br />hardcover (28.3%) in the 75-250' zone, which Planning Commission finds is <br />the amount of hardcover necessary to reasonably support the construction of <br />a new residence on this property. <br />The City Council has considered this application including the findings and <br />recommendations of the Planning Commission, reports by City staff, comments by <br />the applicant and the public, and the effect of the proposed variance on the health, <br />safety and welfare of the community. <br />The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar to it <br />and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting the <br />variances would not adversely affect trafiic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire <br />hazard or other danger to neighboring property; would not merely serve as a <br />convenience to the ^plicants, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship <br />or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the applicants; <br />and would be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and <br />Comprehensive Plan of the City. <br />Page 2 of 6