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May 6, 2025 Centerville Planning & Zoning Commission Page 2 of 6 RE: 1421 Mound Trail, Variance Request Ï Accessory Structure Setback The property is a lakeshore lot on Centerville Lake, about 105 ft wide by 350 ft deep. The house is situated about 100 ft from the lakeshore, leaving a ÑfrontÒ yard about 200-220 ft deep between the house and Mound Trail right-of-way. The Ñrear yardÒ (green shaded area to the right) is defined as between the rear lot line and the rear line of the building. There is little room on the lakeshore side to put in a new structure meeting the lakeshore setback. The request is therefore a variance to the front setback, the only reasonable place to put the structure on this lot. VARIANCE CRITERIA The standards for considering a variance are excerpted at the end of this report and summarized below. (1) The variance is in harmony with the purposes and intent of the zoning chapter of this code; (2) The variance is consistent with the comprehensive plan; The request does not directly relate to issues in the comprehensive plan or zoning code, other than the required setback, which is the request here. (3) The proposal puts the property to use in a reasonable manner; Building an accessory structure of this scale is a reasonable use of residential property. (4) There are unique circumstances to the property not created by the landowner; The unique circumstance here is the arrangement of structures on the lot Ï the house is set very far back from the street leaving a very large front yard but almost no rear yard where an accessory structure would typically be. This is a situation not created by the property owner and is relatively unique, even among lakeshore lots. 35