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Note: At their April 16 meeting, Planning Commission questioned the need for a variance <br />application for this minor request. The Commission pointed out that the final result was no increase <br />in hardcover over the percentage approved in 1991, and no need for variance to the 15% structural <br />coverage ordinance. Staff felt this application was warranted based on the following: <br />1. The originally approved plans did not include the overhang. It has long been City policy that <br />staff does not have the authority to approve hardcover tradeoffs when hardcover exceeds the <br />limits. <br />2. Further, when a change in the nature of hardcover from nonstructural to structural is <br />proposed, staff has not had the authority to approve such a change when existing hardcover <br />is over the limits, even when the excessive percentage was allowed by a prior variance <br />approval. <br />3. Generally, staff has always attempted to be conservative in administering the hardcover <br />ordinances, in order to avoid the undue pressure from homeowners and builders that would <br />accompany broad staff discretion in hardcover determinations. <br />