10-19-2015 Planning Commission Packet

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�o�o Date Application Received: 07/22/15 Date Application Considered as Complete:9/2/15 2 � 60-Day Review Period Expires: ii/2/15 �. G� �q'�ES H OQ'F. To: Chair Leskinen and Planning Commission Members Jessica Loftus, City Administrator From: Mike Gaffron,Senior Planner Date: October 15, 2015 Subject: #15-3769,Chris Lappen & Kallyn Bialowas, 3409 Eastlake Street, - Variances - Public Hearing Application Summary: The applicants are requesting variances for average lakeshore setback, lake setback, side yard setback, hardcover, and structural lot coverage, in order to construct a 21'x21' detached garage. They propose to construct a 21'x21' detached garage, resulting in 49% hardcover where 619� exists and 25% is permitted; and 1,526 sf of structure where 1,500 s.f. is permitted and 1,085 currently exists; to be constructed 5 feet f�om the side lot line where a 10' setback is normally required, 18.5' from the OHWL where a 75' setback is required, and ahead of the average lakeshore setback. Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval subject to a variety of conditions. Zoning District: LR-1A,One-Family Lakeshore Residential District, 2-acre/200' Lot Area/Width: 5,562 s.f. (0.13 acre),width at OHWL: 56.5' Background The property abuts Stubbs Bay Creek near the outlet to Stubbs Bay, and is considered as a lakeshore lot for zoning administration purposes. In 2009 a prior owner had applied for variances to replace a dilapidated 22'x24.5' detached garage that was on the site. That owner withdrew the variance application in 2010, and the garage was removed in 2011. The slab remains. In the interim, the prior owners added certain hardcover items which were not approved, such as a step-down from the deck, driveway replacement, and areas of pavers near the rear deck. The current owners acquired the property in May 2015 and have requested variances to allow construction of a 21'x21' detached garage, in generally the same location as the old garage, but 5' from the side lot line rather than a few inches as was the old garage, and approximately 8' further north than the prior structure, but still only 18.5' from the OHWL. The new garage will maintain the required 10' setback from the house. The applicants had initially been advised to include with their variance application a CUP for fill within the flood plain behind the proposed garage, based on prior information that suggested the floodplain elevation was 933.3'. Staff's subsequent discussions with MCWD and a review of the Federal floodplain maps concluded that the 1%flood elevation is 931.5'at this location, and no CUP for filling in the floodplain is required.