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Memo to City Council December 16, 2002 Page 2 About two thirds of the property is heavily wooded and approximately one-third of the eastern side is cleared which contains the existing home, well, septic field and retaining walls. The property is a comer lot, which has two front property lines. Because of heavy vegetation, the house and the proposed location of the garage would not be visible from any neighboring homes. The terrain of the property slopes down from the house to the west. There is a considerable amount of grade change (approximately 6-8 feet) from the house to where a garage could be built without a variance. Overview At the December 16, 2002 City Council Meeting, the Council reviewed the facts regarding the request for this variance. After a motion to deny the variance died for lack of a second, the Council requested that it be tabled to determine if the amount of encroachment into the setbacks could be reduced. The applicant has provided a plan (Option B) that reflects both what he feels will suit his needs as well as what the Council indicated they would like. The garage would only require one variance, which would be to the side of the house on the 198tn Avenue side. This encroachment would be only 10-feet versus the original request of 1?-feet. There would no longer be a requirement for a front yard variance on the Lowell Street side. The new proposal has greatly reduced the amount of variance than was originally requested. There was discussion about placing the garage directly behind the well, but this approach would limit the function of the garage and a variance would still be needed in this location. If placed in this location, the well would be directly adjacent to the driveway servicing the garage and also near the garage entrance kself. There would be the constant threat of striking the well with a vehicle. Staff believes this is not a suitable location as k would place the well and personal vehicles in a daily chance of property damage. Analysis In order to grant a variance from the literal interpretation of the ordinance, the following five conditions must be met: 1. L iteral mfomonmt of the ontinancewill cause undue haMship. Literal enforcement would require the applicant to place the garage in a location that will not suit the applicant's physical needs and would not be accessible or place it where there is constant conflict with the well. It will also require the removal of a significant amount of trees to place the structure in an area that would not require a variance. The hardship is caused by spetSd conditions and cimanamm~, ~ are peculiar to the ~ a~l the structure braxl~ ard zxhid~ are not characteristic of, or applicable to, other lands or structure in the S:kPLANNING\Case Files\2002\V 02-08 Pertl\V02-08 CC-2.DOC