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and which should not technically exist or be creditable for 'tradeoffs'. <br />Other typical removals include sidewalk and driveway width <br />reductions and the elimination of old accessory buildings. The Council <br />has indicated on many occasions a desire to trade 'structure for <br />structure', and has stated as a matter of policy that trading landscape <br />beds for new structure is to be avoided. <br />Planning Commission will generally review the proposed tradeoffs and <br />indicate acceptance or negotiate with the applicant for further <br />removals. The City has not established variance guidelines for the <br />magnitude of hardcover that will ultimately be allowed on a given <br />property. The final hardcover allowance is often based on what is <br />typical in the neighborhood or related to the magnitude of reduction <br />realized. There is no standard, however, so that staff could be in a <br />position to tell an applicant that "45% is too much, but 35% might <br />work". <br />Absent such a standard, and with Planning Commission's ongoing <br />request that information about what has been granted previously in the <br />neighborhood nal be compiled or presented (since that information <br />may not be relevant to the unique application under consideration), it <br />is often difficult to predict for an applicant his likelihood of success.