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#2370 -O'Keefe May 14, 1998 Page2 Hardcover: 0-75' N. 75-250' 0-75' S. Existing 496 sf (6.3%) 3985 sf(26.2%) 2284 sf (29.6%) 6765 sf Proposed Allowed 0 sf (0%) 0 sf (0%) 6288 sf (41.4%) 3800 sf (25%) 605 sf (7.8%) 0 sf (0%) 6893 sf 3800 sf Variance 2488 sf (16.4%) 605 sf(7.8%) 3093 sf Proposed Lot Coverage by Structures= 3664 / 30,800 =11.9% (Meets 15% limit) Proposed grading: Background 1. Intent is to lower crown of hill by 2-3', including grading within 5' of side lot lines and within 0-75' zone, requiring a variance and CUP. 2. Intent is to excavate within the 0-75' lakeshore protected zone to create a walkout situation, requiring a variance and CUP. 3. Fill ranging from 1' to 5' will occur in the 75-250' and southerly 0-75' zones to create a larger flat area for house and driveway. The existing house was built in 1910 according to tax records. The detached garage was built in 1973. A variance was granted in 1975 for an addition to the house and basement replacement. In 1989 a variance was granted for 4,940 sf hardcover in the 75-250' zone and 1,893 sf in the south 0- 75' zone (totalling 6833 sf) for replacement with a new residence. A CUP for grading in the 0-75' zones was also granted to allow for filling in the old house excavation and reworking the driveway. That application included a request to excavate for a walkout, which was denied. The variance approval was renewed in 1990 but was never used, so the current status of the site is as it was prior to the 1989 review. The applicant has provided a site plan showing removal of the existing detached garage near the road, reconstruction/relocation of the driveway, and replacement of the existing 1100 sf footprint house and 584 sf garage with a new residence and attached garage with a footprint totaling 3664 sf. The lot coverage by structures will still be conforming at just under 12%. Hardcover on the site is reduced in the 0-75' zones and increased in the 75-250' zone. There is a net increase of about 128 sf over the entire lot by staffs calculation ( 414 sf per applicants calculation). The proposed hardcover over the entire lot is essentially the same level as was approved in 1989-90. The net effect is to shift a greater portion of the hardcover to locations further from the lake. The house site is atop a hill on the otherwise very low and flat Baldur Park peninsula. Applicant notes that lowering the hill slightly will result in the new residence being somewhat less imposing in its surroundings. Both adjacent homes are lower in the topography than applicants site. Note that