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Zoning File #2173 September 12. 1996 Page 2 »I p • V •f'' <- o'’" In 1986 Martin applied for and received approval for an additional 90 s.f. of hardcover to construct a room addition at the south end of the house. Total approved hardcover was 7,890 s.f./29,100 s.f. = 27.1%. In 1990 Martin requested a further hardcover variance for an addition to the north side of the house. In reviewing that application, staff found that a 120 s.f gazebo had been built near the garage since 1986 without a permit, and 240 s.f of new rock and plastic and 2,750 s.f of rock w ith permeable fabric had been placed in the 75-250’ zone. During 1990, staff and Council w ere debating whether or not fabric-lined landscape beds should be considered hardcover. • Before the 1990 hardcover variance application was brought before the Planning Commission, Mr. Martin withdrew it because he was planning to sell his house. This left unresolved the issue of hardcover increases apparently done without approvals, and staff flagged the file to allow no future building permits to be issued until the hardcover issue was resolved. In 1991 the City Council concluded that landscape areas lined with fabric would be considered hardcover, and they have been since that le. Mr. Downey purchased the property from uiaiun in 1993. but never requested any building permits and remained unaware of the hardcover issue until this summer, when Mr. Hegenes asked staff if there were any irregularities on the property and he w as at that time told of the unresolved hardcover problem. Staff met with Mr. Hegenes and Mr. Downey and concluded that to resolve the issue, Mr. Downey would file an application for hardcover variance, and Mr. Hegenes was advised that he should include his deck proposal w ith this application. Applicant's surveyor (the same surveyor used by Mr. Martin in his previous applications) has currently calculated the 75-250' hardcover at 8,205 s.f, e.xcluding the enti»c 10'xl80' shared driveway. Additionally, he calculates the 75-250' area as 29,600 s.f, i.e. 500 s.f larger than was reported in 1985. Undercurrent methods of calculation (excluding the 1,800 s.f shared/neighboring driveway from both sides of the hardcover calculation): Approved hardcover in 1986 was 6.090 s.f or 21.9% Existing hardcover in 1990 was 7,239 s.f or 26.0% Existing hardcover in 1996 is 8,205 s.f or 29.5%. The proposed deck is shown in Exhibit F, intended to connect the existing square second-story deck (drawn in by staff since it was omitted from the 1996 surv'ey) with the other decks on the west side of the house. To match and connect the two existing decks, the new deck will be approximately 10' long by 3.5 feet wide.