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STAFF ORIGINATOR: C.C. MEETING DATE: TOPIC: AGENDA ITEM 7B Tanda Gretz October 22, 2001 Resolution 01 -161 approving a 3.2 -foot Variance to allow a 6.8 -foot side yard Setback for a Single Family Residential Building. Cornerstone Home Builders, For Property Located at: 6483 Clearwater Creek Drive ACTION REQURIED: 3/5 vote BACKGROUND This is a new construction in an R -1 Zone with a PDO. This report is based on Certificate of Surveys from Pioneer Engineering. The home is now approximately 90% complete, but has been built 3.2 feet into the side yard setback. Construction was begun in spring of this year, with the foundation work done in March. On March 27, 2001 City building inspectors signed off on footings work, based on the staked property. Both the inspectors and the contractor admit there were large piles of excess dirt at the site and frost conditions, which can make measuring difficult. As a further complication, the lot is only just large enough to accommodate the home, with no room for any error in siting or construction in terms of side yard setbacks. Plans call for the home to be sited exactly ten feet from the side property line on the residence side, and five feet from the side property line on the garage side. In August, while out on inspections, City building inspectors noticed that the side yard setbacks seemed close, and called the contractors attention to it. The contractor then had an "as- built" survey done, and it was found that the home was built into the side yard setback on the residence side by 3.2 feet.