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Memo to Planning Commission Page 2 June 27, 1995 • requires a 50' front yard setback. Due to the lay of the land and the number of large mature trees, the applicant is proposing to construct the garage 42' from the front property line in an area where no mature trees would have to be removed. Subiect Site The existing site has several large mature trees located throughout the property. The southernmost area which is approximately l acre in size contains the home and attached 2-car garage, garden, and one additional small accessory building. The property drops off very quickly north of the home with the sloping area consisting of hardwoods which extends down to a wetland area in the northern half of the parcel. V~%ith the topographs~ _ constraints involved, the applicant only has approximately 1 acre of land to conveniently locate the garage; therefore, the twelve acre lot size maybe somewhat misleading. The proposed placement of the garage on the property takes advantage of an existing small opening where no trees would be lost due to the placement of the .garage. This one acre area is heavily wooded with a small opening extending to County Road 33 near the front of the home which extends to County Road 33 and a small garden area near County Road 33. • There does appear to be an alternative location on the property to locate the garage without removing trees which would meet the required 50 foot setback. However, the location would be directly in front of the applicant's home and would block their view to County Road 33. Therefore, there does not appear to be a convenient location that would meet setbacks and not involve the removal of several trees. County Road. 33 County Road 33 is currently atwo-lane county road which has 66 feet of right-of--way in front of the applicant's home. It should be noted that County Road 33 does have the potential to be upgraded in the future with a widened right-of--way of 100 feet (17 feet on either side of the existing right-of--way}. Therefore, if County Road 33 is upgraded and widened, the proposed garage could be potentially located only 25 feet from the right-of-way. It should also be mentioned that the proposed transportation section of the Growth Management Plan shows that County Road 33 may take a different alignment av~Tay from the applicants home .and connect with County Road 31 to the east. Please see the attached transportation plan for the potential realignment of County Road 33. If County Road 33 is realigned as proposed • in the transportation plan, the road in front of the applicant's home would no longer function as a county road and would most likely be turned over to the s:planning:pc:v95-4