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Zoning File #1465July 2, 1990 Page 4 of 5 Further, applicant is requesting an additional slight increase in hardcover to account for the necessary retaining walls at the west end of the house, and for the tops of the proposed fence pillars. If the loop driveway is not approved, he would like to keep the driveway as it is today, with the backup apron, and would like to construct a sidewalk system leading from the driveway to his main entry as well as to the garage service door. The net result is a request for a 1.9% increase in the 75- 250' zone.If the loop driveway was approved,the net result would be an additional 587 s.f. or 3.5%,for a total requested increase of 5.4%.(An additional 0.3% is transferred to the 75- 250' by reducing the 0-75' proposal from 2.9% to 2.6%.) Since the project began, hardcover increases approved to date (over that which existed prior to the project), amount to 369 s.f. or 2.2% of the 75-250' zone. In effect, the 75-250' zone started at 36%, was approved to go up to 38.2%, and applicant now requests increases to 43.9% to do the loop drive way. The plan to keep the existing driveway and backup apron yields 40.4%. From a functionality standpoint, the applicant probably shouldn't have traded away the backup apron, and the retaining walls and fence posts were essentially unanticipated hardcover items.If the Planning Commission recommendation to keep the property within the previous approvals is followed, applicant would have to make up the 319.5 s.f. by decreasing the size of the proposed terrace and sidewalks. This would, of course, be feasible but would not yield the degree of improvements which applicant feels are commensurate with the house. Staff Recommendation - 1. 2. 3. 4. Staff concurs with the Planning Commission recommendation to deny the loop driveway even though the parking concerns may be valid, since concurrent removal of significant right-of- way hardcover is not advisable in this relatively narrow roadway. Staff recommends that the existing driveway backup apron be allowed to remain for parking and safety purposes. Staff recommends that Council determine whether the proposed 496 s.f. sidewalks and 594 s.f. terrace (1,090 s.f. total) should in combination be reduced by 319.5 s.f. in order to maintain the hardcover at the level of previous approvals. Council must determine whether or not the 6 proposed is acceptable. high fence as