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Variance Board Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, August 01, 2007 Page 4 Ayes: 3 Nays: 0 Motion carried. Vice Chair Doherty advised the applicant of the appeal process timeframe. c. PLANNING FILE 07-040 Request by David Marks, 984 Lydia Avenue, for VARIANCES to Roseville City Code, §1004 (Residential Districts) to allow a driveway expansion that would encroach within the required setback from a side property line and exceed the allowable impervious coverage on a residential property. Vice Chair Doherty opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 07-040. Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed the request of Mr. Marks to allow an expansion of the driveway that would encroach four feet (4’) into the required five foot (5’) side yard setback and increase the impervious coverage on the property to approximately thirty one percent (31%) of the overall lot area. Mr. Lloyd advised that staff was unwilling to support a variance to pave a driveway less than two feet (2’) from a side property line primarily because preventing or reducing rain water runoff becomes nearly impossible. Mr. Lloyd noted that, although Mr. Marks proposed to install a fence along the property line that would screen the encroaching pavement, the fence does not address the storm water control problem. Mr. Lloyd detailed staff’s rationale for denial of the applicant’s request, and staff’s alternative that would not require a variance to the impervious coverage limit, noting that: a. The proposed thirty-one percent (31%) coverage is only seventy-five (75) square feet away from complying with the code-required thirty percent (30%) limit. b. The proposal would add pavement to a distance of one foot (1’) from the side property line, but staff does not support a side yard setback of less than two feet (2’). Removing one foot (1’) of pavement along the entire length of the proposed expansion would eliminate forty-seven (47) square feet of excess impervious coverage. c. By shortening the length of the proposed pavement by as little as two feet (2’), an additional twenty-eight (28) square feet of impervious surface area can be eliminated, thereby achieving compliance with code. Staff recommended DENIAL of Mr. Marks’ request for a four foot (4’) VARIANCE to the side yard setback requirement established in Roseville City Code, Section 1004.016 (Driveway Setbacks) and DENIAL of a seventy-five (75) square foot VARIANCE to the impervious surface area limit in Roseville City Code, Section 1004.1A(6) (Maximum Total Surface Area); and recommended APPROVAL of a three foot (3’) VARIANCE to the side yard setback requirement established in Roseville City Code, Section 1004.016 (Driveway Setbacks) to allow a driveway expansion at 984 Lydia Drive; based on the comments and findings outlined in Section 5, and the conditions detailed in Section 6 of the project report dated August 1, 2007. Discussion included setback permit processes and their application; and reducing requested variances to achieve code compliance. Applicant, David Marks Mr. Marks advised that he was attempting to accomplish two (2) things with his requested variances: establishing a play area for children off-street; and accommodating additional vehicles and their storage. Mr. Marks noted that his