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Zoning File #1125 April 13, 1987 Page 2 of 2 II. Hardcover Variance. Because the proposal is for an attached garage, the driveway required will increase the hardcover to a slightly higher percentage than has been approved for other properties on Baldur Park in recent years. A summary of previous applications follows: October 1985 - Werner, 1408 Baldur Park Road - 75-250' zone allowed 36.5%. This was a similar situation as Reid, but has a detached garage near the road. August 1984 - Ulku, 1416 Baldur Park Road - 75-250' zone allowed 30.0%. Again, a detached garage near the road kept the hardcover percentage down. June 1983 - Sjeklocha, 1424 Baldur Park Road - 75-250' zone allowed 32% by resolution; however, that review was done when gravel parking areas were considered as non -hardcover. . .that property is actually now at about 50% hardcover, even with the detached garage. December 1981- Posnick (Sadler), 1396 Baldur Park Road (permit issued 1983) - 75-250' zone allowed was 25% for this new residence; however, it was approved with the consideration of using a "porous pavement" for the driveway which would not be considered hardcover; to our knowledge that has not yet been installed, and actual hardcover on the property is about 37-40%, with attached garage in this case. The current proposal does not include a backup pad in the driveway, and staff feels that it is not needed given the low traffic levels and slow speeds on Baldur Park Road. There is virtually no "easily removable hardcover" to compensate. The driveway could not be reduced much from that shown on the staff sketch and still be functional. The 42.7% could be decreased to around 41.5% by removal of the sidewalk along the existing house. The other option of course, is to cut down the size of the addition and construct a detached garage near the road, which potentially would decrease 75-250' hardcover to below 40%. Staff Recommendation: The proposal is similar to others approved along Baldur Park Roo"'. The hardcover per-entage requested is slightly higher than the typical approved level because of the attached garage. In order to recommend approval, Planning Commission must find that there is a hardship justifying the variances requested, and should attempt to be consistent with past approvals.