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DRAFT MINUTE 07/09/03 Planning File 3492: Request by Karen Casper, 2508 Marion Street, for an 11 foot VARLkNCE to Section 1004.02D5 (Dwelling Dimensions -- Rear Yard Setback) to allow construction of a 14 foot by 16 foot screened parch and four-season porch (above) on to the rear of the home. Chairman Troy Duncan opened the hearing and requested City Planner Thomas Paschke to provide a verbal sununary of the staff written report dated July 9, 2003. Mr. Paschke explained the proposal. Setback requirements state that a principal structure must be set hack a minimum of 30 feet from a rear yard property line. The Casper hone lies at an an le to the rear yard property line approximately 38 feet on the north (where the addition would be constructed) and 28 feet on the south. Ms. Casper desires to replace an existing ground level deck with the screened porch and four - season porch. The new addition would also tie into the existing second level deck (see site photo) located along the north side of the home. The proposed addition at 14 feet by 16 feet would lie 19 feet from the rear property line on the south and 23 feet from the rear property line on the north, which encroachment requires a 11 foot variance. The Casper home was constructed in 1984 and is situated on a lot approximately 14, 810 square feet in size. The split-level home has an estimated footprint of 1,254 square feet and driveway /walkway /patio area of 7644 square feet, for a total impervious coverage of 2,O 18 square feet well below the 4,443 square feet afforded under the City Code. The desire to place the two porches on the cast side of the home is to have them face directly into the rear yard of the neighboring parcel (2507 Woodbridge street) and Acorn Park, as well as to get the structure into a location that affords shade, without being required to remove the existing deck. Requiring modifications to the design or a relocation of the proposed two level porch would involve unreasonable changes to the addition not anticipated by the home owner- removal of a useful deck; challenging structural modifications; and reduce the purpose and usefulness of the proposal. The Community Development Staff has determined that the property can be made livable, useful, and put to a reasonable use under the official controls if the requested variance granted. This location creates spewed building lines that are not parallel to property lines that in turn affects haw and where additions can be placed without impacting minimum standards of the City Code. The Community Development Staff has determined that the plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to the property not created by the landowner.