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The applicants indicated in their statement that the high groundwater level makes it impossible to construct a basement to provide more living space. While data has not been . submitted to confirm this statement, the proximity of the structure to the lake and ditch, along with the minimal increase in elevation from the lake to the ground level of the structurc makes their asscrtion highly probable, -~ FloodPlain, \Vetlands, Easements, and the Drainage Ditch Setback ,-. The existing house and the proposed addition are outside of the 100-year flood plain and. the addition \vould not encroach on any drainage or utility easements, There is a twelve foot wide drainage easement along the full length of the eastern property line, which is shown on the survey and includes a portion of the ditch that connects Lake Johanna to Little Lake Johanna, Ricc Creek Watershed District (RCWD) was consulted about the drainage ditch along the eastern side of the property to determine ifthcre arc any required setbacks from the ditch beyond thc City's normal side-yard setback. Since the drainage ditch is connected to the lakc and has an ordinary high water mark (OHW), RCWD docs rcquire a fifty foot setback from the edge of drainagc ditches. The setback is usually nceded to help makc ccrtain that nc\\' structures are built outsidc o[the flood plain, Although the existing building and thc proposed addition arc outside of the Hood plain, a variance is still required to construct all addition within fifty feet of the edge of the drainage . ditch. This application will likely require approval from RCWD before the City could issue any pe1l11its. Since the proposed addition is buffered by the garage from the ditch. does not get closcr to the ditch than the existing encroachment, and is outsidc of the flood plain and \vetlands, it is likely that this application \volJld mcet RCWD requirements. J. Previous Planning Case There arc two prior planning cases for this property related to encroaching on the front yard sctback. Planning Case 74-10. which was approved on May 13. 1974, permitted the property owner at that time to construct a garage that \vOLtld havc encroached approximately 2.5 feet into the front yard setback. Aftcr reviewing this planning case, it appcared that the propcrty owncr at that time had encroached more than the approved 2,5 fect. However, it has since been discovcred that an additional variance was approvcd in 1981 tor the property, Planning Case 082-22 approvcd an 11.5 toot encroachment into the front yard setback. According to the meeting minutes from 1982. the 2.5 toot cncroachment that was approved in 1974 was nevcr constructed, ;\Icverthclcss, the existing garage docs appear to encroach about fourtecn feet into the front yard setback. ('it\, (J/A rdL'1I 1 fills . PIUI/lli/li!: COII/missioll MCL'lil/gfin' JllIl//llIT I fJ, ]1.107 ;;..\f"I/'O illl'l,/IS'lIrd,,"hi//s</'/lIl1l1ilg;{'/lllllillg CII,\'(',\';:!(}()f>;{)(,..(135 11/1.\'('11 I-'II/'i/lll(,(' (/'/,';\,/)/;\,(;(/ :!:!(}(}f> -PC R"porl- 1111.\"('/1 "'lIrilll/("',.f",, Page 5 of l)