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, prefer to have the recreational vehicle parked inside — out of sight — the motor home can � be stored either indoors or outdoors, consistent with the Code, without exceeding the � maximum garage height. For this reason, the Planning Division has determined that there � is not a hardship as required for the approval of a vAx1ANCE and that the property can be � put to a reasonable use under the official controls without an approved vAx1ANCE. � 5.5 The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to the propertv not created bX � the landowner: At 85 feet wide the subject property is narrower than the 100-foot width � required by the City Code for single-family parcels within the shoreland management f district. This is a condition that may not have been created by the landowner and which f could be considered somewhat unique, but Planning Division staff does not believe that f the applicant's desire to build a garage taller than the Code allows relates to the lot width f because Mr. Martin does not seek to make more efficient use of limited lot width (e.g., by f storing items on multiple levels). Moreover, Planning Division staff is unable to find any f other conditions unique to this property that create a practical difficulty or that would f otherwise justify the approval of a vAx1ANCE to the height of an accessory structure. f 5.6 The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the localitX: The f applicant has called attention to two accessory structures on the same street that also f exceed the current Code requirement for floor area (one of them also exceeds the current � requirement for height adopted in 1999) as an indication that the proposed taller building � on this property would not be out of character in the area. Soth of these nearby buildings � are legal, nonconforming structures because they were permitted and built before the � adoption of the current height and floor area limitations, which are not only intended to � ensure some consistency with respect to the size of detached garages in a residential � neighborhood but are also meant to prevent such buildings from being used for illegal � home occupations by current or future owners. Despite the presence of another building � in the neighborhood that could be considered comparable to what is proposed, Planning � Division staff believes that such accessory structures are inconsistent with the intent of � the current Code requirements and are out of character with a residential area in a first- � c ring suburban city. 1 C 6.O CONDITIONAL USE ANALYSIS �c 6.1 Section 1004.O1A1 (Number Allowed) of the City Code permits up to 2 accessory � c buildings on a single-family residential property. �c 6.2 Section 1004.O1A3 (Size Limit) limits the total floor area of accessory structures to the � c lesser of the following: �c a. 40% of the required rear yard area (i.e., 1,020 square feet on this property); or � c b. 864 square feet (being the smaller of the two figures, this is the permitted limit) � c 6. 3 Section 1004.01 A4 (Requirements for Increased Size) , however, allows up to 1, 008 � c square feet of total accessory structure floor area as a coNDiT1oNAL usE. 11 6.4 Section 1004.O1A5 (Overall Area) further limits the size of accessory structures by 11 stating that the combined floor area "ofattachedgarage and detached accessory 11 building(s) shall not exceed the exterior dimensional footprint of the principal structure, excluding any attached garage footprint. " The proposed 1,008-square-foot accessory PF09-033 RCA 111609.doc Page 4 of 8