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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />DATE: 10-23-95 <br /> <br />ITEM NO.: B-3 <br /> <br /> <br />Manager Reviewed: <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />Agenda Section: <br /> <br />Consent <br />Joan Jorgensen request for a minor variance at 1967 N. Prior Avenue. <br /> <br />Variance Request <br /> <br />Requirement <br /> <br />Proposal <br /> <br />Variance <br /> <br />5 foot sideyard setback <br /> <br />1 foot sideyard setback <br /> <br />4 foot variance <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />1. The property under consideration at 1967 N. Prior Avenue is zoned R-1 Single Family. <br />The sideyard setback requirements for driveways in this zoning district is 5 feet. Mrs. <br />Jorgensen's home currently has a one car attached garage served by a narrow 9 foot 3 <br />inch driveway. She is seeking a sideyard setback variance to add 6 feet of hard surface to <br />create an additional parking stall on her property. <br /> <br />2. The Minor Variance Committee has reviewed this request and has unanimously <br />recommended approval of a 4 foot sideyard setback variance at 1967 N. Prior Avenue. It <br />was the Committee's belief that given a single car garage and narrow driveway, an <br />additional parking stall would eliminate on-street parking and provide better circulation <br />for Mrs. Jorgensen. To expand the driveway in the opposite direction, would mean that <br />planting beds would be disrupted and cars would be parked in front of windows in Mrs. <br />Jorgensen's porch. <br /> <br />3. All affected adjacent property owners have been notified and have given their written <br />consent for the proposed variance request. <br /> <br />Alternatives: <br /> <br />1. Deny the variance based on findings that no hardship or practical difficulties exist on the <br />site. <br /> <br />2. Grant the variance based on findings that a hardship or practical difficulty exists on the <br /> <br />1 <br />