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• FILE#07-3260 <br /> 10 January 2007 <br /> ' : Page 2 of 3 <br /> Lot Area/Width: . <br /> � LR-lA � Lot Area Lot Width <br /> Required 2 acres(87,120 s.f) 200' <br /> , Actual 3.3 acres(144,491 s.f.) 650'+(rneasan•ed at a line • <br /> parallel. to the shore) <br /> Zoning Code Requirements ' <br /> City Code states that fences erected in all zoning districts are considered as a � <br /> nonencroachment when they conform to the standards witluii Zoniiig Code Section 78- <br /> 1405, for a lakeshore lot those standards are as follows: <br /> ✓ Fences within the required street(rear) yard or side street yard of a lakeshore lot shall <br /> not exceed 42 inches above original grade. Exception: A fence not exceeding six feet <br /> in height may be located along the street lot line of a lake frontage lot which abuts a <br /> major thoroughfare. A major thoroughfare for purposes of this section means any <br /> county road or state highway. The szcbject��°opef•t,y has fi^ontage along County Rottd <br /> 15 to the nof�th. <br /> ✓ Fences within the required side yard of a lakeshore lot shall not exceed six feet in <br /> height, and any portion located lakeward of the average lakeshore setback line shall <br /> not exceed 42 inches in height. The ternl "average lakeshore setback line" means a <br /> line drawn between the inost lakeward proj ection of the fence owner's principal <br /> residence structure and the most lakeward projection of the adjacent affected <br /> principal residence structure. The sacbject p��ope�•ty is unique in that it does not have a <br /> defined b�•eak in the "side yar�d" on the south and the rea�•,y��a. <br /> ✓ Fences shall not be constructed within the defined lakeshore yard of a lakeshore lot, <br /> , i.e., sliall not be Iocated within 75 feet of the shoreline for general development lakes, <br /> 100 feet for recreational lakes, or 150 feet for nah.tral envixonmenfi lakes. The fence in . <br /> question does not extend into the 75'setback. <br /> In 2005, the City Council amended the nonencroachment section of the Zoning <br /> Ordinance to allow for a gate to exceed the 42" maximuni height limitation when <br /> constructed with entrance monuments. This code amendment gave lakeshore lots such as <br /> filus one the flexibility to meet the fence height requirements, have decorative, property <br /> defining entraiice monuments and have a decorative, fiuictional gafie for security <br /> puiposes. The code amendment allowed the gate height to be up to the height of the <br /> entrance moniunents, which are limited to eight feet in height. Additionally gates must <br /> be less thasi 25% opaque. The code does not distinguish between fences of high or low . <br /> opaqueness. <br /> , Hardship Statement . <br /> Applicant has completed the Hardship Documentation Form attached as Exhibit B, and <br /> should be asked for additional testimony regarding the application. <br />