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Item 1 8/24/04 • ITEM: Variance request for 647 additional square feet of impervious lot coverage above the amount allowed by code at 1885 Asbury Street. SUBMITTED BY: Steven Getz, property owner and resident REVIEWED BY: Deborah Jones, Zoning and Planning Coordinator EXPLANATION: Summary: 1885 Asbury is a single family residence located on the west side of Asbury between Ruggles and Roselawn. Like all but two residential properties on the west side of Asbury and east side of Snelling in Falcon Heights, it is characterized by being wider than it is deep. All of these properties, which were platted before the present code took effect, are constrained by City setback ordinance that requires front and rear setbacks of 30 feet each. As the lots are approximately 78 feet deep, this leaves only 18 feet of buildable space, front to back. Therefore, most of the houses are non-conforming with respect to setback. Additions have been allowed on several of these properties on the condition that they not encroach any further into setback than the existing structure. According to County records, this house is described as a one-story • rambler. In this case, the variance request is related to lot coverage, not setback. The area of the lot is 11,622 square feet, so it falls into the second category of lot size (properties between 7370 and 15,800 square feet), for which the allowed lot coverage is 30% or 3320 square feet, whichever is greater. For this lot, 30% is 3487 square feet, so that is the allowed coverage under the Code. The owners wish to build a bedroom addition on the north side of their home that will give their property a coverage of 4134 square feet, which is an excess of 647 square feet, or a total coverage of 36%. In addition, the owners propose to remove a 90 square foot shed, 220 square feet of sidewalk (to be replaced by spaced stepping stones) and an 80 square foot patio. They wish to keep an existing 690 square foot concrete patio at the rear of the house. The present coverage is 3900 square feet, an excess of 413 square feet. With the shed, sidewalk and front patio removed, coverage would be 3510 square feet, which exceeds the allowed coverage by 23 square feet. Thus, the property without the proposed addition is already non-conforming with respect to lot coverage, and became non-conforming with the passage of Ordinance 03-01. Setbacks for the addition are as follows: • Rear (west) - 12.5 feet, within existing • Side (north) - 6 feet • Front (east) -not given on plan but within existing • A building permit is not sought at this time. The owners wish to obtain the zoning variance before they and the architect proceed with plans for the addition. Falcon Heights Planning Commission August 24, 2004 Page 1 of 4 Staff report on a lot coverage variance request at 1885 Asbury Street