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TO: FROM: DATE: it; Mayor and City Council ‘ ^ - vo Michael P. Gaffron, Asst. Planning & Zoning Admin. August 1, 1990 /B SUBJECT: #1566 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Regnier, 1205 Elmwood Avenue - Variance - Resolution Application - Request for side street setback variance to construct additions to existing residence. Zoning District - LR-IB Single Family Lakeshore Residential - 1 Acre Sewered. List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Resolution Exhibit B - Notice of Planning Commission Action 7/17/90 Exhibit C - Memo and Exhibits of 7/10/90 Discussion - Please review the memo and exhibits of July 10th. ^ Briefly, applicants are requesting approval to construct additions 6.5 feet from the north (side street) lot line where a 35 foot setback would normally -e required. The additions include completion of the second story over the center portion of the house, and an addition to the west. Existing 75 - 250’ hardcover is 23.19%. Applicants intend to maintain hardcover at or below the the 25% limit. At their July 16th meeting. Planning Commission voted 5 to 0 for approval, finding that the second story addition will have no significant impact on the perceived visual density of the neighborhood, and that the existing house location and lot width are hardships, since only a 15 foot wide building envelope paralleling the south lot line would be available under the code standards. Planning Commission conditioned their recommendation for approval on the following: 1. Hardcover in the 75 - 250 foot zone shall not exceed 25%. 2. Applicants to remove fenced area on north side of garage, and provide additional vegetation screening along north side of new addition. Regarding the Planning Commission recommendation for screening. Planning Commission gave no direction on the height, amount or opaqueness of the vegetation required. In the resolution, staff is recommending that the screening provide a minimum opaqueness to minimum height of 10' at maturity, along the