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Date Application Received: 1/17 /07 <br />Date Application Complete: 3/12/07 <br />Extended Review Period Expiration: 7 /10/07 <br />Department Approval: <br />Name: Evelyn Turner <br />Title: City Planner <br />Item Description: <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Administrator Approval: <br />#07-3266 Vogue ICF Homes, 1404 Baldur Park Road <br />Date: June 11, 2007 <br />ItemNo. 3 <br />Agenda Section: <br />-Lot Width, Lot Area, Floodplain and Hardcover Variances <br />Zoning District: LR-IC (0.5 acre) <br />Lot Area: 0.28 acre <br />Lot Width: 49.75 feet <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A CC Minutes of May 14, 2007 <br />B Revised survey, submitted June 1, 2007 <br />C Drawings of proposed house, submitted June 6, 2007 <br />D PC Action Notice dated April 17, 2007 <br />E PC Memo & Exhibits of April 16, 2007 <br />F PC Minutes of March 19, 2007 <br />G PC Minutes of April 16, 2007 <br />Application Summary: Applicant requests the following variances to construct a new house: A lot <br />area of 0.28 acre when 0.5 acre is required; a lot width of 49.75 feet when 100 feet is required, <br />16.07% hardcover in the south 0-75 foot zone when none is allowed and 43.68% hardcover in the 75- <br />150 foot zone when 25% is allowed. To not maintain an elevation of 931.5 for 15 feet from the <br />perimeter of the house. <br />Background <br />Council tabled this application on May 14 and directed the applicant to revise the proposal to eliminate <br />the height variance and resolve the drainage issues. <br />Revised house plans have been submitted that eliminate the height variance. This was accomplished <br />by changing the type of roof from a gable to a gambrel (barn), reducing the ceiling height of the first <br />and second floors and lowering the floor elevation of the first floor living space. The defined height is <br />now 30 feet. The peak height has been reduced from 38 feet to 32 feet. Wall height is about 22 feet <br />above existing grade. <br />For comparison the grade on the east side of the house to the west (1400) of the Applicant's lot is at <br />the same level as the Applicant's lot. The garage floor of 1400 is about two feet below the garage <br />floor of the proposed house. On the street side 1400 has a peak height of 30 feet. The taller side wall <br />facing the Applicant's lot is about 24 feet high. The house to the east (1408) is on a flat lot that is