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west into the street, which is also not in conformance as we have a separate driveway connecting to our attached garage. The proposed reconstruction plan As described in the project summary, we are proposing to reconstruct a detached garage where the existing structure is located with two modifications: (a) rotate the new structure by 15o to align it with our house, and (b) increase the footprint from 22’ x 22’ to 26’ x 24’ to allow for reasonable use of this garage (see attached site survey with proposed footprint). The rotation is for aesthetic reasons to ensure the garage wall and rooflines match the angle of our house and are parallel to the street. We are proposing to increase the footprint to allow for reasonable use of our property. Since our property includes lakeshore frontage on Lake Johanna, we and future owners of our property have storage needs associated with our use and maintenance of our lakeshore property. At the time the original garage was built, a 22 ft. garage may have accommodated most boats in common use at the time, but today, boats greater than 20 ft. in length are quite commonly used on lakes lik e Lake Johanna and garage stalls of ~23-25 ft. can be required to accommodate such boats (extra space for platforms, trailer, etc). Thus, boat storage in addition to space for other recreational vehicles (e.g. kayaks, canoes, bikes), equipment (e.g. dock sections), and standard yard maintenance equipment, necessitate larger than a 22’x22’ structure. We feel strongly that the character of our city benefits when boats and other equipment associated with lake living are stored inside as opposed to on yards or in alleys. We propose to build a garage that is large enough to accommodate these items, wh ich we consider reasonable use of our lakeshore property and suspect that future owners of our home will share this perspective. The combination of the proposed modifications to the footprint will require an additional 2 ft. encroachment into our south side yard setback relative to the current structure. We are not able to move the garage further to the north to avoid this encroachment or the detached structure will be less than 6 ft. from our house, which is not in conformance. Aside from the setbacks, the garage will conform to all other zoning requirements: average roof mid-peak height will be less than 15 ft, landscape percentage of lot will remain >65%, garage floor area will be less than 728 ft2, and the garage doors of the proposed garage will face our current driveway instead of directly accessing the street. We are working with the original builder of the home, Zawadski Homes, and an architect who helped in the design of the original house, NRDI. Plans for the new garage are complete (see attached drawing) and were custom designed to match the architecture of the house as well as the specific construction materials: the proposed roof pitch is 6:12 just as for the house, HardieBoard fiber cement siding of the same color will be used, roofing to match the house, and windows of the same style on all four