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8.The granting of such variance will not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, <br />but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable hardship or difficulty. <br />As proposed, the residence is to have three garage stalls and two decks. While the applicant <br />has Stated a three car garage is needed since three drivers will be living in the residence, the <br />residence itself could be configured to meet hardcover requirement' Beside eliminating a <br />deck and garage stall, another option would be to add living space on top of all the garage <br />stalls and reducing the footprint of the residence. The applicant has also stated this as being <br />undesirable. <br />Issues <br />1. <br />2. <br />3. <br />4. <br />5. <br />The lot does not meet the lot area requirement. <br />WTiile the lot is served by Loma Linda Avenue, the road platted at 20' wide on the west side <br />of the lot is technically the front yard as this is the shortest side of the lot abutting a platted <br />street. <br />If the hardcover requirement is met, 2,630.75 s.f. of hardcover is allowed in the 75' to 250' <br />lakeshore setback. The allowable building pad is approximately 2,900 s.f. This allows for <br />the construction of a reasonable sized residence, albeit with fewer amenities, that could meet <br />al! requirements, except lot area. <br />Staff is concerned about the orientation of the garage doors. The 24' of backing area <br />proposed for what functions as a side loading garage would likely not be sufficient. <br />Furthermore, staff is concerned about the visual impact of having the three stall attached <br />garage oriented toward the lake. Orienting the doors toward Loma Linda Avenue would have <br />a better visual impact on the neighborhood and result in a more functional, straight-in <br />drivewav that would result in less hardcover. <br />Despite the applicant's concerns, the Planning Commission and City Council have not <br />historically viewed a hardship for a second deck or third garage stall on limited lots such as <br />this. By eliminating one deck, a garage stall and reducing he driveway, the hardcover <br />requirement cculd be met. This is just one possible method of meeting the hardcover <br />requirement. <br />U2363 William Bockmann <br />1130 Loma Linda Avenue <br />Variances <br />April 20, 1998 <br />Page 5