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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />MAY 22, 1996 <br />in the 1,200 square foot to 1,500 square foot range. <br />The Planner pointed out that it will take four <br />affirmative votes of the Council to amend the Zoninq <br />Code relative to Conditional Use Permits. <br />Morelan pointed out the recent CUP application received <br />for the Battista property. Morelan felt given the size <br />of the Battista property, the request for more than <br />1,500 square feet of garage and accessory building <br />space would be justified. <br />Pedersen felt the Battista property was not a good <br />example because the size of the property was an <br />exception to the rule. <br />The Planner suggested the City could set a threshold <br />that a property cannot have more garage and accessory <br />building space the total amount of which exceeds the <br />square footage of the principle structure. <br />Scalze stated that would result in the equivalent of <br />two houses on one lot. <br />Fahey felt 1,500 square feet was a lot of garage and <br />accessory space, and that the maximum should be capped <br />at 1,500 square feet. <br />Morelan felt that 1,500 square feet worked well, but <br />not across-the-board. Morelan stated that 1,600 or <br />1,700 square feet would have been fine for the Battista <br />property. He also indicated there were two purposes <br />for limiting the square footage for garage and <br />accessory building space. Those were to control the <br />use of the property and to protect aesthetics. Morelan <br />felt two 750 square foot free-standing garages were <br />more obtrusive than one that is attached and another <br />detached. <br />Scalze suggested the City could cap the maximum at <br />1,500 square feet as well and limit garage/accessory <br />space to one free-standinq building in addition to an <br />attached garage. <br />LaValle pointed out that a property with a swimming <br />pool, for example, may need a small bath-house in <br />addition to free-standing accessory space. <br />The Planner pointed out that should a property owner <br />wish to exceed a 1,500 square footage limitation or a <br />restriction of one free-standing accessory building, <br />the variance process could be pursued. The applicant <br />9 <br />