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Bellamy CUP Request 2185 Pinewood Drive September 14, 1998 Page 2 Dimensional Requirements: Required Provided Met/Not Met Garage Setbacks (Front) 70 feet 80 feet Met (Side) 5 feet 13 feet Met (Rear) 5 feet 38 feet Met Percent of Rear Yard <25% 15% Met Garage Width 35 feet 22 feet Met Area of all Accessory Buildings: _< 1,264 Sq. ft. 1,008 Sq. ft. Met Analysis: At past City Council meetings, the issue of revising the City Code to establish a proportional relationship requirement between a house and garage has been discussed. Those discussions led to the adopting of Ordinance 620, which amended various sections of the City Code pertaining to garages and driveways. Using either set of guidelines, a conditional use permit would be required,.because the proposed garage is significantly larger than the house (1,008 sf for the garage compared to only 682 for the house). The rear yard is large enough to meet the new 20% rear yard coverage limitation. The question remains, however, "is the proposed garage too large for the site and the home?" To balance this concern, the advantages of such a garage, such as creating adequate storage space for the resident's vehicles and yard appliances, need to be considered. Because of privacy fencing used by the applicant and the adjoining neighbor, the full effect of the garage would be shielded from either street view. As presented, the proposal meets all of the criteria imposed by the Code, as addressed in the dimensional requirements above. Staff feels, in this instance, that the benefits of such a garage may outweigh any disadvantages. The driveway to the current garage is about 80 feet long and unpaved. The applicant has shown on the "proposed" site plan that the driveway will be improved with concrete. If this CUP request is approved, a recommended condition would be that the driveway be improved with a permanent surface within three months of taking out the building permit for the garage. An additional recommended condition would be to further screen the proposed garage by means of erecting a privacy fence parallel to Pinewood Drive between the garage and the property line to the west. Adverse Effects Of the criteria listed in Section 1125.01, Sub. 3 for granting conditional use permits, the proposal appears to satisfy the requirements with the possible exception of two: (2) "The use will be sufficiently compatible or separated by distance or screening from adjacent residentially zoned land so that existing homes will not be depreciated in value..."