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• 24 September 1992 1-B MEMO TO: Planning Commissioners FROM: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator RE: Request for a variance in the sideyard setback requirement for 1603 Northrop Street Request The Collins are proposing to build an attached two car garage by adding an additional 14 feet of width to the existing 11.68 foot garage on the northwest side of their house. The area of the proposed garage is 516 square feet. The northwest corner of the garage addition will come within 2.68 feet of the adjacent sideyard property line rather than within the 5 feet required by the zoning code. Therefore, a variance of 2.32 feet is necessary. (The city required a survey of the property line by a registered surveyor to accurately determine setbacks, therefore, measurements appears in hundredths.) (See attachment B) Staff review Garaae Dimensions Staff reviewed the request for a variance and looked for alternatives to a variance for the garage addition. Given the location of the house on the lot, the only alternative to the variance limits the extension of the garage to 11.68 ft. Garage Dimensions Area W/O Variance 23.63 ft. X 20.11 ft. = 475.20.sq. ft. With Variance 25.95 ft. X 20.11 ft. = 521.85 sq. ft. Standard 2 1/2 24 ft. X 24 ft. = 576 sq. ft. car garage Although the 23.6 foot width is adequate for a two and a half car garage, the total area is less than the standard garage that the zoning code typically accommodates because the garage length remains the same (20 ft.) to keep within the existing lines of the house and to avoid reworking the rear of the original garage. Lot Shape The garage addition is proposed 2.68 feet from the property line for the rear part of the structure only due to the pie shape of . the lot. The sideyard requirement of 5 feet should be met in the first half of the structure. And, therefore a variance is needed only for the rear 10 feet of the structure, with the maximum