02-22-2005 Planning Commission Packet

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i ' - #OS-3087 O Februflry 22,2005 �.-- Page 1 of 6 4 Date Application Received: 1-19-05 . Date Application Considered as Com�lete: 2-14-05 60-Day Review Period Expires: 4-14-OS To: Chair Rahn and Plauning Cornmission Members Ron Moorse, City Administrator From: Janice Gundlach, City Planner� Date: February 17, 2005 Subject: OS-3087, Scott Schneider on behalf of Andrew and Marcia Freese, 2914 Casco Point Road, Hardcover Variance, Average Lakeshore Setback Variance, Public Hearing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zoning District: LR— 1 C, One Family Lakeshore Residential District ('/z acre min.) Lot Area: 0.60 acres (26,162 s.f.) Lot Width: 235' � shoreline; 95' @ 75' setback Application Sunz�rtary: Applicant requests the following variances in order to construct a half story above the existing 2 story home in conjunction with other remodeling: 1. Hardcover variance to permit 29%hardcover within the 75'-250' zone when 31% currently exists and 25% is normally allowed. 2. Hardcover variance to permit 1.7% hardcover within the 0-75' zone when 3.7% currently exists and 0% is allowed. 3. Average lakeshore setback variance to permit construction of a %2 story above the existing second story where the existing house encroaches approximately 9' to 25' (measuring east to west) into the required setback. Staf,f'Recommendation: Staff recommends: lA. Denial of the requested 29%. The applicant should be required to comply with the resolution approved in 1989 which specifically calls for no additional hardcover in excess of the 27% approved at that time. - 1 B. Should the Planning Commission find that the level of work proposed constit�rtes review as a rebuild rather than a renovation, staff would recommend that no . hardcover variance be granted. 2. Denial of the hardcover variance request for the 0-75' zone. The applicant has already removed the 286 s.f. boat enclosure and was required to remove it in 1989. The 230 s.f. of fabric inesli should also be removed for a total 0-75' hardcover percentage of 0%. 3A. Approval of the average lakeshore setback variance as the property is located at the mouth of what is k.uown as Casco Cove, where the neighbor to tlie northeast only has views northeast over the open water and the neighbor to the sotrthwest only has views within the cove. 3B. Should the Plaruiing Commission determine that the level of work proposed constitutes review as a rebuild rather than a renovatiou, staff would recommend that the existing encroaclunent be maintained but ilothing fiuther.