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/i n TO: ntCN: DATBt SUBJ^Tt Ch*irr.«r Bchro^der *ni FlAnnir^ OMMiission fc«r« Jear.n* A. Matasth, Building 4 Zoning Administrator Juns I"*, 199J R#*quest by Counci' to Review and Study for Poesible Amendment of the Current Code Standards lor N<?n-Rental Apartment Bichibits A. Code Sections 10.20 Subdivision 3 O and M. B. Caffron Memo of 1/22/87 The rcning code was acaended in February of '87 providing separate standard for non-rental guest apartments. The previous code only dealt with guest house use and standards for that use. Standards established for the guest house were not functional cr appropriate for guest apartawnts. Review Gaffron's memo, Exhibit B. providing J)jjckgrcund on the general issues and the intent of the awendment. Council's request resulted from the nany variances granted within the last half year to tnia specific code section, the issue of internal access. One of the conditional use applications involved an internal access variance for a non-rental caretaker apartment that existed for 37 years when the apartment was slated for major remodeling. Access to that unit was from a single exterior door not connected to principal residence but an attached garage. Another dealt with an arartment unit that wao located on the second floor of a garage connected by a skyway. Internal access was provided via the skyway and a separate grade level entrance door to the garage. In that case, the applicants requested special consideration as one parent was in the early stages of alzheimer e disease. In another conditional use permit application involving a variance to internal accecs, the apartment was 1,000 s.f. in area containing two bedrooms located above a i 1/2 stall garage. Internal access was through an auxiliary door adjacent to garage gtjTjcture entering in a mud room area off of a utility loom. The access stairs at *'he upper level would have entered the master bedroom through a closet area. Special consideration was eoucht as applicant's son was a diabetic. The internal access standard was developed to ensure that the apartments could never be used for rental because access was internal through th*' residence. The majority of conditional use permits for non-rental apartments have been able to satisfy the internal access standard. Staff will be happy to review the many applications where non-rental apartment standards were completely satisfled. Review the material and if we have time at your meeting we may discuss or you may prefer delaying until one of your workshops.