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� f <br /> FILE#12-3557 <br /> June 14,2012 <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br /> Pertinent Code Sections • . <br /> 78-1288: Hardcover Limitations. <br /> Background <br /> Applicant hired a landscape contractor to do landscaping work in the lakeshore yard. Contractor <br /> applied for a permit in May 2007 for installation of lakeshore stairways as well as land <br /> alterations including a pond and landscape beds as depicted in Exhibit K-1. The permit for - <br /> stairways was approved. The land alterations were specifically not approved. � <br /> In September 2007 it was found that the landscape work had been installed without a permit <br /> being approved. Applicant had concurrently applied for and obtained a variance for a pergola <br /> (which was never constructed). Staff had been working with applicant to have the hardcover be <br /> made compliant as part of the pergola construction. By January 2009 staff info"rmed the <br /> applicant that the hardcover must be removed. Correspondence between the City and property <br /> owner regarding the violation continued throughout2010 and 2011, culminating in issuance of a <br /> permit in December 2011 for the land alterations needed to remove the violations, which were <br /> to be removed by June 1, 2012. Applicant then chose to apply for a variance in lieu of <br /> - commencing the removals. <br /> .x^- ��; <br /> The applicant is requesting that the hardcover in violation be allowed to remain, citing costs of <br /> removal, lack of ability to retain a contractor to do the removal, original contractor out of <br /> business, poor communication of the pro6lem early on, etc. Please review the applicants' <br /> Practical Difficulties Form and Statement. Applicant has also submitted a memo (received June <br /> 13) from a consulting engineer suggesting that the permeable fabric underlayment with clean <br /> rock above should enhance the infiltration process. <br /> LOT ANALYSIS WORSHEET <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <br /> lot Area/Width: <br /> LR-16 Lot Area Lot Width <br /> Required 43,560 s.f. (1.0 acre) 140' <br /> Actual 140,390 s.f. (3.22 acres) � 195' � <br /> Hardcover Calculations: <br /> Hardcover Total Area Allowed Hardcover Existing Hardcover Proposed Hardcover <br /> Zone in Zone <br /> 0-75' 14,730 s.f. 0 s.f. (0%) 194 s.f. (1.32%) 194 s.f. (1.32�) <br /> 75-250' 34,990 s.f. 8,748 s.f. (25%) ,.13,769 s:f. (39.35%) 13;769 s:f. . (39:35%) <br /> 250-500' S1,630 s.f. 15,489 s.f (30%) 7,207 s.f. (13.96%) 7,207 s.f. (13.96%) <br /> 500-1000' 39,040 s.f. 13,664 s.f. (35%) 2,114 s.f. (5.41%) 2,114 s.f. (5.41%) <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <br /> Practical Difficulties Statement <br /> Applicant has submitted the Practical DifFiculties Documentation Form (Exhibit B), and should be <br /> asked for additional testimony regarding the application. <br /> . � <br />