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EXCERPT FROM PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES OF 8/12/98: 6b. Planning File 3036. John and Monell Jakel are requesting variances to reduce the front yard setback of an accessory building to 13 feet and increase the coverage of the required rear yard from 25% to 38.4% for the purpose of constructing a 24' x 36' (864 sf) garage at 3170 West Owasso Boulevard. Chair Harms opened the public hearing and requested Dennis Welsch to present a summary, based on written reports dated July 8, 1998, of the request for variances. Dennis Welsch advised the purpose of the variance request was to . replace an existing garage; this site had two frontages and no rear setback because of the lake; the new garage would be an improvement to the site; that a front yard variance would be 17', building size variance would be 301.5 square feet, lot coveragewould expand to 38% instead of 25%; that sideyard setbacks would be met and that topography was a big issue in the variance request. Member Mulder asked if asphalt driveway would be replaced (yes with temporary pavement now). Member Mulder asked if the garage could be placed to the other side; Mr. Jakel advised it could but this placement would block the neighbor's view of the lake. An oak tree would be removed. Motion: Member Mulder moved, Member Klausing seconded, to recommend approval of John and Monell Jakel's request for variances to reduce the front yard setback to 13 feet, to allow the placement of an accessory building in the front yard area of a lakeshore parcel, and to increase the lot coverage to 38.4% of the required rear yardfor the purpose of constructing a 24' x 36' (864 square foot) replacement garage at 3170 West Owasso Boulevard, based on the following findings: 1. Setion 1004.02D (4) requires a front yard setback of no less than 30 feet. Because of the topography of the parcel, a garage is needed up by the roadway. Meeting the 30 foot setbck requirement would require extensive filling on a lakeshore lot, which would affect the drainage on this property and adjacent properties. The proposed garage will be setback 13 feet from the front property line. 2. Section 1004.01 (A) requires accessory buildings to be placed in the rear yard. Since this property is a lakeshore lot, it does not have a true rear yard. The roadway side of the parcel is classified as a front yard and the lakeshore side of the parcel is subject to the city's shoreland setback requirements. 3. Section 1004.01 (A) also limits the size of an accessory building to 25% of