10-17-2011 Planning Commission Packet

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� l FILE#11-3527 10 October 2011 Page 2 of 4 List of Exhibits ExhibitA. Application Exhibit 8. Practical Difficulty Documentation Form Exhibit C. Proposed Survey Exhibit D. Proposed Plans and Elevations Exhibit E. Resolution No. 5511—Expired � Exhibit F. Buildable Envelope Illustration Exhibit G. Signatures from the Trees To Be Homeowner's Association Exhibit H. Aerial Photos Exhibit l. Property Owners List ExhibitJ. Plat Map Background The applicants are proposing to construct a two-car garage addition on the east side of the property. A screen porch is also proposed; however the porch is proposed to meet the required setback and is not part of this variance request.The east side lot line abuts a private road outlot, owned by the homeowners association, with underlying road easements to the City for possible future connection to Gander Road. The private road outlot has not yet been developed with a road; it is wooded land and visually appears merely as part of the applicants property. However, this con�guration makes the east lot line a "side street lot line" with a required "side street yard" of 50' in which structures are normally not allowed. Applicants are requesting a variance to allow the construction of a garage addition to be located 28' from the east lot line rather than the required 50'. Applicants' position, and apparently that of the neighborhood, is that the outlot is unlikely to ever be developed for road purposes, and therefore structures that would be encroachments if it was to be a road, will have no negative impacts until/unless it becomes a road, if ever. A similar request by the previous owners was made in 2006. The owners at that time were requesting a setback variance to allow a 40-foot setback where a 50-foot setback is required in order to construct a garage addition.Staff and the Planning Commission recommended denial of the request, however the City Council voted to approve the requested setback variance. The owners did not construct the addition and the variance has since expired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LOT ANALYSIS WORSHEET Lot Area/Width: RR-16 Lot Area Lot Width Required 87,120 s.f. (2 acres) 200' Actual 95,724 s.f. (2.2 acre) 220' Setbacks: RR-16 Required Existing Proposed Front 50' 150'+ No change Rear 50' 150'+ No change West Side 30' S8.7'to the existing No change home East Side (Street) 50' 64'to the existing home 28' proposed addition