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Date Application Received: 12/11/2020 <br /> Date Application Considered as Complete:02/08/2021 �„OAO <br /> 60-Day Review Period Expires: 04/08/2021 <br /> To: Chair Ressler and Planning Commission Members �' <br /> d <br /> Ron Olson, Interim City Administrator �� G� <br /> 4kEsHO$� <br /> From: Melanie Curtis, Planner WIGG <br /> Date: 16 February 2021 <br /> Subject: #LA20-000074, Edward & Mary Caldwell, 746 Tonkawa Road, <br /> Variances <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Application Summary: The applicants are requesting hardcover, lake setback and average <br /> lakeshore setback variances in order to construct a new, larger lakeside deck. <br /> Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval conditioned upon <br /> removal of the hardcover areas as proposed. <br /> Background <br /> The applicants have lived on the property for nearly 30 years without changing the footprint or <br /> expanding the home.At this time they are requesting variances in order to make an <br /> approximate 150 square foot expansion of their lakeside deck from the existing 226 square foot <br /> footprint to 379 square feet.The existing deck is situated partially lakeward of the average <br /> lakeshore setback, 79.6 feet from the �/ . 4" o �<�� j F. <br /> OWHL,and the property's hardcover , _,S' -V ,%� 4o.i <br /> currently exceeds 25%. The new deck ''� ` '� �"-p 4'3� <br /> r <br /> (in blue) is proposed to be 73.8 feet*o X920\ 01 /o,�O \ <br /> from the OHWL, and will encroach±3 <br /> � F 'p �� ,� <br /> feet more into the average lakeshore 0 -9 <br /> 'ti �~/ , x444 <br /> setback than the existing deck. Q0, �, �' <br /> y`` �Z 2 i3(‘ <br /> `\ ', Fo y0 <br /> Practical Difficulties Analysis f ; y °t\ `A °s�, x 944.3 <br /> Applicant Submittal Information:The �� v°G 1k \�k ° 944 Q,_ <br /> applicant has identified existing oy� o\ j c �r� �� (,�` X�0. <br /> conditions, limited functional space as - ° to yea`'°• �xs <br /> practical difficulties supporting the yes \ �Q`�� �` '° ��� <br /> requested variance(s). Additionally,they `9.0 ' g \�l n 03" s� 90 <br /> o � . <br /> have provided supporting �c' `S ��,,' '�' 411' ,Agar"- ./ p° . x 94903 a tic <br /> documentation regarding Practical `Ds o 29s -�� AIP <br /> 9 ams <br /> Difficulties attached as Exhibit B, and .'; t? 949 p�9. <br /> should be asked for additional • .;� ,,.0.,,•.7 ,e ,0o a <br /> testimony regarding the application. <br /> Planning Staff Practical Difficulty Analysis: Regarding practical difficulty, Staff finds that due to <br /> the existing conditions:the house location,the shared driveway easement, and location of the <br /> neighboring homes,there may be practical difficulty supporting the additional encroachment <br /> into the average lakeshore setback and the hardcover variance requested to allow construction <br />