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TO: Planning Commission FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Zoning Administrator DATE: January 7, 1985 SUBJECT: #t883 Gary & Linda Pr.intup, 1261 Briar Street - Variance Application - Side Setback `variance for an addition to principal structure Zoning District - RR-1B - Rural Residential - 2 acre List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Application Exhibit B - Plat Map Exhibit C - Property Owners List Exhibit D - Survey Exhibit E - Staff Sketch on Survey Existing Lot = 75' x 140' = 10,500 sf or 0.24 acre Existing Proposed Required Side Setback = 28.7' 10.7' :;0' Variance 19.3' or 64% This is a request for a side setback ,ai lance to allow zpp14 (--:i1t to construct an addition to his house to within 10.7' of the side lot line. Since this is located in a currently non-sewered area within the two acre zone, the septic system has been reviewed. Staff notes that the existing septic system is located in the front yard and extends into the right-of-way, then north to near the property line, with one drainfield line extending back alorl the north lot line. The applicant has been advised that the expansion of the house to the extent proposed would not be allowed based on the encroachment near the drainfield and the fact that the additional ' iving space would create a potential for additional water usage with little or no way to expand the septic system. Applicant is requesting you review this application based on the city sewer being installed con;:urrently with his addition. This application certainly brings to light the inconsistency of the current two acre zoning with the historically dense Crystal Bay neighborhood. In a half acre or even a one acre zone, the proposed addition would not require a vo riance; yet in the "Crystal Bay Sewer Study area", 60 of 79 existing houses, nr 76%, are on lots of half acre or less. We will likely be reviewing variance applications in this neighborhood as long as the two acre standards :ontinue to apply. Note that no hardcover limitations apply. Staff recommends you consider approval of this variance application contingent upon the Crystal Bay Sewer Project becoming a reality. If the sewer project does not happen, we recommend denial of the application based on the inadequacy of the lot to support an adequate septic system indefinitely. r.{