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Memo to Board of Adjustments November 25,2003 Page 2 • Existing Conditions Located on the subject property is an existing house. The property to the east contains the City-owned lift station. The property to the west is a residence, and the request does not affect this property as the variance is located along the east lot line. To the north are several townhouse units. There are many mature trees located the property. Two trees are located in the front yard which prevents locating the parking area there. One large tree is located in the Southwest corner and two trees located at the Northwest corner of the house prevent any driveway being placed on the west side of the house. Overview This request is being asked by the same individual that asked for a similar request on a property with virtually the same site constraints. The property of the recent request is located just a few properties away to the northwest located at 419 3rd Street (V 03-02). The applicant is proposing two options, but as it is stated in the memo from the City Engineer,the city does not wish to allow access through the city property which was suggested in Option 1. The purpose of the 4-foot setback request (as shown in Option 2) is to allow a 12-foot wide driveway to be located directly between the house and the east property line. This will allow access to parking behind the business. • There is not enough area in front of the house to provide the proper amount of required parking. There are two mature trees in the middle of the front yard that would have to be removed to accommodate parking. Access along the west side would also remove three mature trees which provide screening for the adjacent residence and would also require a variance. Without a variance,the property cannot provide the required parking which will result in it being unusable for commercial uses. The property has a change in elevation along the east property line. Staff recommends that if a retaining wall is constructed,that it not be any closer than four feet to the east property line. Analysis In order to grant a variance from the literal interpretation of the ordinance,the following five conditions must be met: 1. Literal enforcement of the orzlinancewill cause undue hardship. Literal enforcement would not allow the applicant to provide parking in accordance with the zoning code nor would it allow using the property for commercial purposes as allowed by the zoning district C2,Office. • S:\PLANNING\Case Files\2003\V 03-06 Parson\V03-06 BA.DOC