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Date Application Received: 07/18/14 Date Application Considered as Complete: 08/05/14 120‐Day Review Period Expires: 07/31/15 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 21 July 2015 Item No. 3 Department Approval: Administrator Approval: Agenda Section: Name: Melanie Curtis mcc JML Title: Planner Item Description: #14‐3678, Architectural Landscape Design o/b/o Bret & Jennifer Riemenschneider 835 Forest Arms Ln – Variance – Resolution Zoning District: LR‐1B, One Family Lakeshore Residential, 1 acre/140’ Lot Area: 45,933 square feet (1.05 acres) Lot Width: 140 feet Background: In July of 2014, the applicant applied for a number of variances that would permit improvements lakeward of the average lakeshore setback line. These improvements and encroachments included:  16’ x 14’ elevated deck at the southeast corner of the home, extending 21 feet.  Semi enclosed screen porch below the deck, extending 21 feet into the average lakeshore setback.  2’ x 9’ entry pergola. Also proposed but not requiring variances were a patio; two new 6’ x 9’ stoops (including stairs), a grilling station, water feature and sitting walls which will extend as much as 22 feet toward the lake from the home and up to 33 feet into the average lakeshore setback. The patios, sitting walls and other features are less than 42” above grade therefore are not required to be located behind the average lakeshore setback line. Current Request/Revised Plans: Prior to the public hearing in August 2014 the applicant expressed to Staff the owners’ desire to enlarge the deck/porch structure by an additional 5‐feet closer to the lake. This plan would increase only the deck/screen porch size to 16’ x 19’ and increase the encroachment toward the lake from 21 feet to 26 feet. The Planning Commission discussed the original request as well as the 5‐foot increase. The application was initially placed for review on the Council’s September 8, 2014 agenda yet was tabled at the applicant’s request prior to the meeting. At that time the property owner wanted to explore changes to the plan. The property owners requested an extension until July 31, 2015 to further explore their options. Planning Commission Recommendation The Planning Commission held the public hearing and discussed the original request as well as the proposed 5‐foot increase to the structure depth. The adjacent property owners provided supportive statements regarding the original variance; there was no one from the public present at the meeting. On August 18, the Planning Commission voted 6 to 0 to recommend approval of the average setback variance including the 5‐foot expansion toward the lake subject to the applicant providing revised plans and revised support statements from the adjacent neighbors. The applicant continues to request an average lakeshore setback variance to allow the entry pergola and a ±19.5’ x 16.5’ one‐level roofed screen porch extending approximately 26 feet into the average lakeshore setback the previously proposed upper deck has been removed from the plan. The patio and pergola components of the plan remain to be very similar to the previous plan. Based on the Planning Commission’s recommendation Staff does not find the changes significant to trigger another Planning Commission review.