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Date Application Received: 08/25/2023 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 10/04/2023 <br />60-Day Review Period Expires: 12/03/2023 <br />To: Chair Bollis and Planning Commission Members <br />Adam Edwards, City Administrator <br />From: Natalie Nye, Planner <br />Date: October 16, 2023 <br />Subject: #LA23-000053, KC Chermak with Pillar Homes o/b/o James and Kim Horton <br />3765 Watertown Road Variances — Public Hearing <br />Application Summary: The applicant is requesting a front yard setback variance and a side <br />yard setback variance to construct three new covered entryways. <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval. <br />Background <br />The property owner is requesting setback variances in order to construct new covered entryways on <br />the existing home. The existing home is nonconforming to the setbacks of the RR-1A zoning district <br />which requires a 100-foot front yard setback and 50-foot side yard setback. The existing home is <br />situated 70 feet from the front property line and 16 feet from the side property line. The new <br />improvements include a 43 square foot front porch over an existing stoop and two roof expansions <br />over existing doorways. None of the entryways will protrude any closer to the property lines than <br />the existing home. The subject property is not subject to hardcover or lot coverage limitations. <br />Practical Difficulties Analysis <br />Applicant Submittal Information: The applicant has provided supporting documentation regarding <br />Practical Difficulties attached as Exhibit B, and should be asked for additional testimony regarding <br />the application. <br />Planning Staff Practical Difficulty Analysis: Regarding practical difficulty, Staff finds the location of <br />the existing home a practical difficulty. The existing home does not conform to the required <br />setbacks and the proposed improvements do not extend beyond the closest point of the house. The <br />proposed covered entries are very minimal and meets all other zoning requirements. <br />LOT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET <br />Section 78-350 — Setbacks: <br />RR-1A <br />Required <br />Existing <br />Proposed <br />Front/Street <br />100, <br />70.1' <br />70.1' (Addition 81.8', 87.3') <br />Rear <br />100, <br />900'+ <br />900'+ <br />East Side <br />50' <br />16.6 <br />16.6 (Addition 48') <br />West Side <br />50' <br />115' <br />115' <br />Applicable Regulations: <br />Front Yard Setback Variance (Section 78-395) <br />The existing home is nonconforming as it relates to the front yard setback requirement of 100 feet. <br />The closest point of the home to the property line is 70.1 feet. The proposal includes two new <br />expansions of the home into that required a variance. The new front porch will be approximately 87 <br />