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v\~ A~\,~ ^< REQ~ESTFORCITYCOUNCILACTION ~~~~P\~~~~' "I.l,l> DATE: 10-28-96 ~ ~- ,.,<,{.vfl#I(~~ ITEM NO.: c-3 ",$ ~ Department Approval: M~ed: Agenda Section: cfJ~ }VJ H1 . ~ Consent Item Description: James Ingison request for a minor variance at 505 Hillscourte North. Background James Ingison owns a home at 505 Hillscourte North. The property is a part of the Owasso Hills Residential Planned Unit Development. When the house was built, the Ingison's constructed an inground pool in their back yard. The State Uniform Building Code requires that a safety fence, 48 inches in height, completely enclosing a pool, however, the City of Roseville has adopted a minimum height of at least 5 feet for a fence enclosing a pool. The Ingison's house is located on a corner lot, giving it two front yards. City codes require a maximum fence height of 48 inches to the 30 foot building setback line. Beyond that point, the code allows fences to be a maximum of 6- 1/2 feet tall. In order to properly enclose their pool and provide service access to the pool's mechanical equipment and to provide enough room for an egress window from the lower level, Mr. Ingison would like to locate his fence 24 feet from the side property line. For that 6 feet, Mr. Ingison is requesting a 1 foot variance to the fence height along Owasso Hills Drive. Variance Request Summary Requirement Proposal Variance 48 inch maximum fence height 5 foot fence height 1 foot height variance In the Owasso Hills neighborhood, fences must be approved by the Neighborhood Architectural Control Committee. Attached to this report is a letter from Dahlgren, Shard low, and Uban with the Committee's response to Mr. Ingison's fence. Mr. Ingison has agreed to all the conditions and has indicated to City staff that the required landscape planting will take place in the spring. The Minor Variance Committee has reviewed this request and has unanimously recommended approval of a 1 foot height variance for the portion of Mr. Ingison's fence that is set back less than 30 feet from the Owasso Hills Drive property line. It was the Committee's belief that the City's requirement for a 5 foot fence, combined with improved safety egress from the building and the difficulty in servicing the pool's 1