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Skeate CUP Request 2809 Woodale Drive August 23, 1999 Page 3 space needed for the vehicles. However with multi-car families being the norm rather than the exception, demonstrating the need for additional garage space becomes less of an issue. • In the opinion of Staff and the Planning Commission, this proposal does not satisfy the adverse effects criteria. General CUP Criteria: Section 1125.01, subdivision 3b of the City Code lists the general Conditional Use Permit criteria that need to be considered. The criteria, with responses, are as follows: (1) The use will not create an excessive burden on existing parks, schools, streets and other public facilities and utilities which serve or are proposed to serve the area. (7) The use will not cause traffic hazards or congestion. (8) Adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and necessary facilities have been or will be provided. Adding on to the existing garage would not create a greater impact on existing public facilities, parks, schools or services, on utilities or access roads, nor would it create an increase in traffic on adjacent streets. (2) The use will be sufficiently compatible or separated by distance or screening from adjacent residentially zoned or used land so that existing homes will not be depreciated in value and there will be no deterrence to development of vacant land. (3) The structure and site shall have an appearance that will not have an adverse effect upon adjacent residential properties. Because the house to the east is set back further from the street than the house and garage at 2809 Woodale Drive, any expansion to the garage would be fully visible to people on both Woodale Drive and Silver Lake Road, in addition to the abutting property owners. (4) The use, in the opinion of the City Council, is reasonably related to the overall needs of the City and to the existing land use. (5) The use is consistent with the purposes of the Zoning Code and the purposes of the zoning district in which the applicant intends to locate the proposed use. (6) The use is not in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan of the City. Garages and detached accessory outbuildings are typical uses in residential areas, and allow for the storage of vehicles and yard and garden equipment. A garage expansion in and of itself would be consistent with the intent of the Zoning Code, although the Code stipulates that any time a proposed garage or garage expansion becomes larger than the house, City review in the form of a conditional use permit is required. The intent of this provision is grounded in the concern that the Commission and Council share, and that is, a garage should not excessively dominate the property or create a proportional imbalance.