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myim October 20.2003 Page 1 of6 Date Application Received: Date Application Considered as Complete: 60-Day Review Period Expires: To:Chair Smith and Planning Commission Members Ron Moorse, City Administrator From: Date: Janice Waataja, City Planner October 16,2003 Subject:03-2957, Joseph Thies, 1180 Willow Drive North - Rear Yard Setback Variances - Public Hearing Zoning District: Lot Area: Lot Width: RR- IB, One Family Rural Residential District (2 acre minimum) 0.839 acres (36,552 s.f.) 196.16 feet Application Summary: Applicant requests the follow ing variances to construct an addition to the home and a detached garage: 1. Rear yard setback variance to allow an attached garage and house addition to be setback 32 feet when 50 feet is required. 2. Rear yard setback variance to allow a deck to be setback 24 feet from the rear property line when 50 feet is required. 3. Rear yard setback variance to allow a detached garage to be setback 5 feet from the rear property line when 10 feet is required. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommendations: 1. Approval of the rear yard setback variance to allow an attached garage and house addition to be setback 32 feet when 50 feet is required due to limited alternate locations available for expansions, that the lot is substandard in size, and that the variance will not negatively impact the adjacent neighbors. 2. Denial of the rear yard setback variance to allow a deck to be setb;. k 24 feet trom the rear property line when 50 feet is required due to it not being a necessary component of the addition and it could be relocated. 3. Denial of the rear yard setback variance to allow a detached garage to be setback 5 feet from the rear property line when 10 feet is required because the garage can be shifted to meet the setback. Pertinent Zoning Ordinance Sections Section 78-420 (b). Lots. The following minimum requirements shall be obser\ed: Rear Yard (feet) 50 II