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Thomas L. McCarthy, Background June 16, 1993 Page 2 The easement option typically resulted in lots that didn't abut either a public or private road, hence a variance^br lack of frontage was automatically required. The way to avoid this variance was to create a flag lot extending to the street. Hcwevet. this resulted in the need to grant a lot width variance since the lot width at the front setback line from the street was merely the width of the flagpole and not even close to meetmg the width requirement. The solution to both th easement and flag lot options was the ouilot option. By creatine an outlot driveway that in a sense functioned as a private road, it could be areued that the back lot now abuts a road, and the entire length of the lot line that abuts the outlot would become the front lot line for defining a front setback line and theretore the lot width. Over the last five years or so, the City has normally required the outlot option, and the area of the outlot is excluded from lot area. An inadvertent effect of die new shoreland lot width definition was to revive the possibility for flag lots on the lakeshore. This would nonuall, nol be an issue except in a case such as McCoy's where total area of the property does not allow for the outlot option. Hiis leads to issue #2. i.e. hardcover in the flagpole. 2. Hardcover Zone Balancing. The question here is whether it is legitimate to allow a higher percentage and square footage of hardcover in a zone further from the lake, as long ^ the zone closer S ±e l^e is reduced by an equivalent square footage, to avoid the need for a variance. While I believe this is a logical policy and procedure to have in place, and while I would argue rather vehemently to persuade anyone tot this is a reasonable, beneficial and fair pSicy. : will concede that the bookkeeping and future review procedures must be in pla« so^nat future problems don't arise. For instance, if a lot is allowed an extra I OOO^s .' of .lardcover in its 250-500' zone in exchange for reducing its allowance in ih, '' -ISO' .one bv that same 1.000 s.f.. this must be adequately documented m Ci^ files and procedures put in place so that at some future date allowed to go up to his -25 %* limit since his actual limit is really 1.000 s.f. less the 25% figure. Looking at Exhibit B. assume that the entire fl^ole wide, and an 11’ wide driveway runs its enure length. This consti u s ^ s f in the 250-5(XD’. where >0% would be allowed, and in the examp e, resu hardcover where only 1.350 s.f. would be allowed at a 30.o level.