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Scenario Analysis: <br />Scenario 1. <br />In this example, the revisions to the code do not impact this particular property owner <br />with regard to the garage construction. Under the existing Code, however, if a garage is <br />larger than 1,000 square feet, no other accessory buildings would be allowed. In this case, <br />not having a shed could pose a hardship, in that the lot could be quite deep. In addition, <br />with a back yard possibly exceeding half an acre, the impact of a shed would be <br />inconsequential. With the proposed revision to the Code, this property owner would be <br />able to have a shed, so long as it did not exceed 200 square feet, because the new <br />combined maximum square - footage for accessory buildings would be 1,400 square feet. <br />On a 43,560 square foot lot, 1,400 square feet of accessory space amounts to a minimal 3 <br />percent of the lot area. In comparison, a 1,200 square foot garage (allowed by a CUP) on <br />the minimum -sized 1 1,000 square -foot lot covers more than ten percent of the lot and <br />would quite possibly dwarf the home, which would not be in keeping with the character <br />of the community. <br />Scenario 2. <br />In this example, the minimum -sized lot supports a 35 -foot by 30 -foot house (foundation <br />area equal to 1,050 square feet) and a 660 square foot. garage. The owner would like to <br />add 260 square feet to the garage, bringing the total proposed area to 920 square feet. As <br />the Code exists currently, this could not be done without a CUP. As long as the area of <br />the proposed garage (and existing shed) would not occupy twenty percent of the rear <br />yard, the revised Code would allow a garage of this size. Since there is no provision <br />limiting the combined accessory building area to a certain percentage of the lot, the <br />combined area of 1,136 square feet would be allowed. <br />Scenario 3. <br />The property owner at this location would like to add 464 square feet to her existing 800 <br />square -foot garage. Her lot is narrow and is the minimum size allowable. Under the <br />existing regulations, this addition would be possible with a CUP, although may not be <br />approved due to the disproportion between the area of the garage (1,264) and the area of <br />the home (1 ,050). While the revision would caution against approving this garage due <br />to its size relative to the house, because the garage exceeds twenty percent of the <br />backyard, it cannot be approved. Under the old system, twenty -five percent rear yard <br />Page 10 <br />