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REQUEST FOR G OUNCIL A C TION <br /> DATE. o 1/26/98 <br /> ITEM NO. C-2 <br /> art nt pP roval: M a proved: Agenda Section: <br /> CONSENT <br /> lte [D P <br /> escri tion: Gordon Miller request for a minor variance for a driveway setback at <br /> 1132 Transit Avenue PF# 81 . Egg <br /> Omni= NONE= <br /> 1:0 &fQYES TED ! <br /> 1.1 Gordon Miller is requesting a minor variance to reduce the side yard setback of a <br /> driveway to one foot for the purpose of expanding an existing driveway at 11 <br /> Transit Avenue. <br /> Requirement Proposal Variance <br /> Driveway Setback - 5' ' setback 4' variance <br /> 0 B R OD- <br /> .1 Gordon Miller owns a home at 1132 Transit Avenue. The property is zoned R-1 <br /> Single Family Residential and adjacent land uses are all single family residential. <br /> Mr. Miller is requesting a variance from Section 703.0413, City Code, to allow the <br /> placement of a driveway less than five feet from the side property line. The <br /> applicant would like to expand an existing parking space on the side of an attached <br /> garage. This parking area has been used for storage of a recreational vehicle since <br /> the late 1960s. III!r. Miller has recently acquired a new recreational vehicle and <br /> would like some additional space to maneuver the new vehicle in and out of this <br /> parking space. He is asking for the variance at this time because he will be <br /> reconstructing his driveway in conjunction with this seasons street reconstruction <br /> project on Transit Avenue, The driveway itself may also be widened slightly during <br /> the reconstruction project. Because of the location of the existing driveway and <br /> garage the property, constructing a wider parking space in another location is not <br /> �a on p ro p <br /> feasi hie. A row of lilacs located adjacent to the property ii ne also provides a <br /> vegetative buffer between this parking area and the adjacent property. The <br /> � _ for <br /> location of the existing d r ivewa 1pa rking area creates a practical difficulty <br /> the applicant. <br /> It is the policy of the City of Roseville to issue minor variances for driveway side <br /> yard setbacks when there is a hardship or practical difficulty, provided the property <br /> located in an F --1, Single Family residential District, and used for residential <br /> is � <br /> purposes. <br /> PF# 981 - R (01126/98) - Page I of 2 <br />