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�� � . Request for Council Action continued Page 2 October 19,2000 #2630 Gre��and Stephanie Larsen The motion as stated in the draft minutes was to allow hardcover in the 75-250' zone at a level of 4,506 s.£ (49.8%). The motion verbatim by Commissioner Lindquist was as follows: "I'd like to - make a n:otio�t to approve Application #2630 for Gregg and Stepltanie Larsen, 1380 Rest Point Road, variance to build a patio no bigger tltan was previously - we're approving a variance, basically a liardcover variance, not to exceed 4,506 square feet in tJ:e 75-250; and to approve tlre variance in tlte 0- 75'irp to 882 square feet. This does inclr�de removal of the�Yisting l,727square feet of landscape fabric in t/re 7�-250'and also a�ry landscape fabric in t/:e 0-75:" The motion was then modified to add the six recommendations from the City Engineer's letter, and that a landscape plan be submitted for screening of the walls. The motion was approved on a vote of 5-0. During the Planning Commission discussion,and after the 4,506 s.f. figure had been arrived at, the applicant asked whether he could trade existing driveway to get a patio larger than 135 s.£ There was no clear answer to this during the discussion nor in the motion. ANALYSIS OF REQUEST Staff suQgests it would be inconsistent to allow such a driveway-for-deck tradeoff when hardcover is so excessive on a site. If the drive�vay hardcover is non-essential, then it should be removed and not credited toward some other form of excessive hardcover. No specific plan for driveway reductions has been submitted by the applicant. Council should also consider the history of past variances on this property,which unfortunately was not presented by staff during the Planning Commission review process. This site received a variance in 1987 to allow a room and attached garage addition. Hardcover allo�ved by that variance (see Resolution No. 2217, E�chibit C) in the 7�-250' zone was 2833 s.f. for the house/garage/porch, 810 s.f for driveway,and 100 s.f. for landscape areas,for a total of 3,743 s.f. The existing house-garage- porch in 2000 has not changed significantly except for removal of the 135 s.f. deck,but the existing drive�vay has grown from 810 s.f. to 1,299 s.f. without any City approvals. ISSUES FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER l. Should the applicants' 7�-2�0' hardcover allowance (absent any contemplated driveway removals) be 4,506 s.f. based on the incorrect number arrived at during the Plannin� Commission meeting, or the corrected number of 4,219 s.£? Staff Recommendation: -�,219 s.f.