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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION y DATE: hSfUf 5 /On ♦ Jjil ITEM NO 'f!: Department Approval: Name Jeanne A. Mabusth Title Buitdini: &. Zoning Administrator Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Zoning Item Description: #1917 Frank and Martha BcniKtt, 315 Tonkawa Road • Conditional Use Permit - Resolution Please review the staff memo dated April 13, 1994 enclosed in your packet for more background on this review. Description of Request In February of 1991, the applicants received approval of a conditional use permit for a guest apartment in the lower level of their new residence and the proposal met all requirements of the code. The guest apartment was i«ver utilized but now serves as a den/exercise room. The original kitchen has a sink with a microwave. The current application involves an apartment for the full-time nanny to assist in the care of their six children. The caretaker apartment will be located above the garage that was recently added to the structure in 1993. Review Exhibits H, I and J. There is no direct access from the second floor of the caretaker apartment to the principal structure because of the roof design. Internal access to the principal residence is via a ground floor hallway and J.oset that eventually leads to the original garage and eventually to resideiK:c. The apartment will have a separate entrance adjacent to the garage doors. The Planning Commission had no problem with the issue of internal access. In fact, they discussed the fact that they will be considering this section of the code later in the summer. They noted that once again special consideration must be made when dealing with estate-type structures and uses. The Planning Commission recommended unanimous approval of the conditional use permit for the Bennetts and conditioned approval on the requirement that the apartment area could never be used for rental purposes The Planning Commission did not address the issue of the parking area in the front yard nor the issue of the separate gas line to the caretaker apartment. Staff has contacted the applicants’ contractor, Jim Jensen, and he has advised that the informal parking area shall be removed prior to the City’s issuance of a building permit for the new construction. He also advised that although there is a separate gas line, the gas service will be metered under the principal residence. The eiKlosed approval resolution has been drafted per the findings and conditions of the Planning Commission’s recommendation. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: To adopt or amend the approval resolution presented for Council’s action,