07-25-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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To: Planning Commission Chairman Kelley Orono Planning Commission Members City Administrator Bernhardson From: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning & Zoning Administrator Date: July 15, 1988 Subject: #1308 Robert Owens, 1700 Bohns Point Road - Variance - Public Hearing Application - Replace existing deck with similar deck of approximately same square footage. Variance required is for hardcover in 75-250' zone. Zoning District - LR-lB, Single Family, 1-acre List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Application Exhibit B - Plat Map Exhibit C - Property Owners List Exhibit D - Survey with Staff Notations Exhibit E - Letter of Request from Applicant Exhibit F - Neighboring Property Owners Notificaticn Exhibit G - Hardcover Calculations Exhibit H - Proposed Deck Plan Exhibit I - Applicant's Deck Plan with Notes Showing Relation to Originally Existing Deck Pertinent Facts 1. Hardcover in the 75-250' zone is currently at 36%. This is not a change from what was pre-existing. In the 0-75' zone, which includes a patio and a stairway, hardcover is at about 3.2%. The applicant sustained severe damage to his property dLring the 1987 "super storm", and is in the final stages of completing restoration. 2. As part of the restoration, applicant had to remove the stairway from the existing deck in order for equipment to move past the south side of the house. As his letter indicates, removal of the stairway revealed that the deck had been infested by carpenter ants and was structurally becoming unsafe. To that end, the existing deck was removed and it was replaced with a similar deck in essentially the same location and of the same square footage, but skewed slightly to give it some character and to blend in with the contours. It was at this stage, where *' deck is complete but the stairways and railings have not been constructed, that staff became aware of this deck replacement and advised the applicant that such replacement technically requires a variance because the property exceeds the 25% hardcover limit in the 75-250' zone. 3. Exhibit I submitted by the applicant indicates the location of the previously existing deck and the new deck, and shows the location of the stairways associated with those decks. Note that the new deck extends 4' closer to the lake, but is still more than 90' from the shoreline. The new deck itself is 10' from the side property line, with the stairway