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i COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 24, 2003 APROVED 1 Councilmember Dahl stated that a two -car garage is not typical anymore, most are three or four stalls, 2 but many four stalls she has seen are two in front and two behind, so you do not have a four -car 3 width. She asked what the square footage would be for a normal three -car garage. Councilmember 4 O'Donnell indicated 590 or 600 square feet. He stated 1120 square feet is pretty liberal. 5 6 Councilmember Carlson clarified that for 20 acres or greater they can have an accessory building as 7 well. City Planner Smyser stated that was correct, for R, R -X, RBR and PSP districts, which were 20 8 acres or more, there was no maximum size requirement. He stated that the next smaller size lot, 9 which is 10 acres to less than 20 acres, the combination of accessory building can not exceed 500 10 square feet, and the attached garage cannot be over 1120 square feet. 11 12 Councilmember Carlson asked for clarification that there was no maximum size. City Planner 13 Smyser stated that it should be changed to indicate no maximum size for accessory buildings. 14 Councilmember Carlson indicated she thought it should be no minimum size. He stated this repeats 15 in all sections, stating 1120 or equal to the size of the house, whichever is smaller. 16 17 Councilmember Dahl indicated she thought they should leave off the `whichever is smaller' piece. 18 City Planner Smyser reread what is currently there, indicating it is not clear, and where before it said 19 `greater of the two', he thinks the intent of the Task Force was to say 'not bigger than 1120'. 20 21 Councilmember O'Donnell asked if 1120 would be the maximum. City Planner Smyser indicated a :22 house could be a three story, with a 600 square foot foundation, and this would only allow a 600 23 square foot garage. He indicated this is what the Task Force wanted to do. He asked if the Council 24 was okay with this. 25 26 Jeff Joyer, 8174 Lake Drive, indicated this is a hot topic with the public. He indicated that unless the 27 Council has strong feelings, it would seem more garage space is better. He agreed that 1120 is a 28 double garage, double deep, but it does not make sense to make it more specific in size when it is 29 such a hot topic with the public. 30 31 Councilmember Carlson said she can understand it where you can have accessory buildings, but asked 32 if it followed thru to any districts where there can be only a garage. City Planner Smyser indicated 33 only the smallest allowed lot, where it does not allow additional accesory buildings. He stated that 34 the size of allowed attached garages are the same for all lots, the difference is how much additional 35 space is allowed, and those decrease with the size of the lot. He indicated the smallest category is a 36 total of 1200, for lots 1.5 acres or smaller. 37 38 Councilmember Carlson stated the reason she asks is that the Council has received several variance 39 requests from people who want more space. She asks how this changes from the previous variance. 40 41 City Planner Smyser indicated there would be no change unless the Council approves the wording of 42 `whichever is smaller'. S43 44 Councilmember Carlson indicated that it would seem the Council is going in the wrong direction if 45 they approve this wording. Mayor Bergeson asked what the smallest allowable footprint is in the city. 30