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Request for Council Action continued <br />page 2 <br />Mav 17, 1995 <br />Zoning File #2008 <br />property and 2.767 s.f. of a vehicular access easement is excluded from lot area. Major <br />portions of the existing blacktop area located out of the easement also serve the property to the <br />immediate west of the subject property. The total area e.xclusive of the easement area is covered <br />with either blacktop or landscape areas underlain with plastic. Although the proposed <br />improvements area located within the 75-250 setback area, the Planning Commission did <br />condition approval on applicant removing approximately 198 s.f. of paved area to the east side <br />of the upper level garage. Refer to Exhibit J. the amended hardcover plan. <br />Applicant noted difficulty with removing hardcover within the 250-500 ’ setback area <br />because of the steepness of the elevations and the detached garage has both an upper and lower <br />level with access drives provided at the north and west sides. Hardcover in the 75-250 setback <br />area has been reduced by 421 s.f. or 2.4%. Both strucmres meet the required setbacks of the <br />lakeshore zoning district. The portico will be located over an existing non-structural hardcover <br />improvement. Planning Commission members also noted that the 100’ deep lakeshore yard is <br />grassed with no structure. <br />Planning Conunission Recommendation <br />The Planning Commission recommended unanimous approval of the hardcover variances <br />as amended, based on the hardships set forth by applicant on Exhibit A reviewed as follows. <br />1. The existing dwelling was built in the 1920’s prior to standards for lakeshore <br />development. <br />2. The house was originally installed on property where a street was designated tetween <br />the cottage and lake. The proposed improvements are designed to reverse interior <br />home to lake advantage of the lake views. <br />3. Hardcover is reduced in the 75-250 ’ setback area from 29.5% to 27 1%. <br />4. Tb^-e ill be no impact upon the views of the neighbors nor on required setbacks. <br />5. Tiiere is approximately 176’ x 100’ of non-hardcover area within the lakeshore yard. <br />The grassed lawn gently slopes and receives the major portion of drainage that comes <br />from the higher elevations to the north. <br />The enclosed approval resolution has been drafted per the Planning Commission s <br />recommendation. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />To either deny, approve or amend the enclosed approval resolution.