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NARRATIVE REGARDING VARIANCE APPLICATION FOR ELK RIVER LODGE <br />Crown Residential Properties LLC d/b/a Elk River Lodge is requesting a variance on <br />the property at 17432 Zane Street NW that would allow an additional five <br />residential units at the property. This would bring the allowed number of units, <br />which is currently 36 units, up to 41 units. <br />The property had a parking variance granted to it in November, 2017, allowing for <br />the operation of the current facility with 25 covered garage spaces and 46 <br />uncovered surface parking spaces (71 total spaces). <br />The variance request is that we are allowed to add five covered parking spaces <br />and five uncovered surface parking spaces as shown in the attached drawing, that <br />the setback requirements on the additional surface parking be waived, and that <br />for doing this we are allowed to have five additional apartment units on the <br />property. We are meeting the requirement of one covered space and one <br />uncovered space per additional unit; however the variance is necessary because <br />the previous variance did not meet this standard, and we also need a variance <br />because the parking lot would be less than ten feet from the property line. <br />Regarding stormwater mitigation, we believe that the amount of additional runoff <br />is de minimis in that it is less than one percent of the square footage of the <br />property. The roof of the new garage would be approximately 1,000 square feet. <br />The additional blacktop would be approximately 2,300 square feet. That is a total <br />of 3,300 additional square feet. The lot is 8.21 acres, or 357,628 square feet. The <br />additional hard surface area is thus less than one percent the size of the lot. At <br />1.1 inches per square foot of impervious surface this represents less than two <br />cubic feet of water. This water would drain into the flood plain located directly <br />west of the building. If necessary, a French drain could be installed near the trash <br />dumpster which would accommodate this small amount of water. <br />Below are our required responses to the five bolded criteria the city requires to <br />be met when applying for a variance: <br />1) The variance is in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the <br />ordinance. The property currently has 36 apartment units, and the request <br />is to expand the amount of parking by a total of ten spaces and that we <br />then be allowed to have 41 apartment units.