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Zoning File 1056 August 12, 1987 Page 2 of 2 wish to also review this based on the proposed lot line, which would leave northwest and northeast garage setbacks at 4.6' and 7.2' instead of 3.8' and 6.4'. Hardships A. ) Staff feels that the high cost of soil correction cannot be considered as a hardship. Doth City Engineer and applicant's engineer agree soil correction is necessary but feasible. Therefore, staff suggests that the issue of soil conditions may not be a valid hardship for variance approval since soil correction is merely a cost of doing the project. B. ) Angle of entry into the garage may be a valid concern; if the garage is 20' from the house and 10' from the worst case lot line (i.e. the fence), it would likely be difficult to get a car in and out of the right-hand stall. Thj«! can be resolved by either moving the garage further back, say 30' from the house, or by the granting of a variance to side yard setback. C. ) Hardcover; If the garage moves to 30' from the house, the hardcover will be approximately 120 s.f. additional than if it's at 20' from the house. This is a difference of 1.6%. Applicants property with the new garage in either location will be near the 35% limit in this 500-1000' lakeshore setback zone. Mrs. Golden's Concerns: A. ) "The garage will cut off light to her existing garden if it is only 3.8' to 6.4' from her presumed lot line". Her garden is up against the lot line. Please review Exhibit F. While not taking into account any skewness of the garage in relation to north- south, nor the morning or afternoon sun angles, it should help you visualize whether or not there is a significient blockage of sunlight at noon on the dates noted. B. ) The concern over whether her garage is over the lot line is of no consequence in determing whether a variance for applicant's garage should be granted. Staff Recommendation Staff suggests that applicant's engineer has verified that, for a price, soil correction on Hanson's lot can be accomplished so that the concerns of soil stability and gas generation can be alleviated, hence the garage can, at a price, be developed 10' from the lot line (wherever it is) and 30' back from the house, which should be ample to alleviate problems with access to the garage. Does applicant have a valid hardship other than economic? The concerns of the neighbor as to sunlight blockage may have some validity during certain seasons. Planning Commission is requested to make a recommendation based on the information presented, and any recommendation for approval, conditional thrt°recomm%'dation.^ should be supported by suitable findings justifying