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Di Approval: 2! io L oval- k afrAl +-J� REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE.- 6/13/2011 ITEM NO.- 9.c Acting City Manager Approval.- Item Description.- Request by Roseville Planning Division for approval of zoning text amendments pertaining to.- front porches and covered entries in the LDR- I district and parking setbacks in the Employment Districts (PROJ-0017) 1.1 BACKGROUND The substantial updates to Roseville's Zoning Code, which were the focus of much of the Planning Commission's efforts in 2010, were approved by the City Council on December 13, 2010 and became effective when the ordinance summary was published in the Roseville-Little Canada Review on December 2 1, 2010. The proposed amendments are shown in bold and text in the attachments. 2.0 PROPOSED "PORCH AMENDMENT" 2.1 Among the intended new zoning provisions was the ability to construct a covered front entry or an open front porch (i.e., one without walls or screens) that extends into the required setback for homes in LDR- I and LDR-2 zoning districts. The inadvertent omission of this provision was recently brought to the attention of Planning Division staff when a homeowner submitted an application for a building permit to construct the kind of covered entry that the zoning code was intended to allow. Planning Division staff proposes to allow such improvements to encroach to the following extents.- 2.2 The intent of this provision is to allow "conventional"' homes, which front a street and have required setbacks of 30 feet, a porch up to 8 feet deep to reasonably accommodate furniture like a porch swing or a table and chairs. The proposal is scaled back somewhat for homes facing a common, interior courtyard. An 8-foot-wide porch could conceivably leave a setback of only 2 feet, which would seem to hinder successful and attractive Amdt3—RCA-061311 (3).doc Page I of 2 Required building setback Proposed nominal porch encroachment Proposed porch setback Homes facing a 30 feet from front property 8 feet 22 feet front street line toward. street from front property line Homes facing 10 feet 6 feet 4 feet an interior from front courtyard. toward. interior from front courtyard. courtyard parcel boundary courtyard. parcel boundary 2.2 The intent of this provision is to allow "conventional"' homes, which front a street and have required setbacks of 30 feet, a porch up to 8 feet deep to reasonably accommodate furniture like a porch swing or a table and chairs. The proposal is scaled back somewhat for homes facing a common, interior courtyard. An 8-foot-wide porch could conceivably leave a setback of only 2 feet, which would seem to hinder successful and attractive Amdt3—RCA-061311 (3).doc Page I of 2