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Nordby CUP Request August 23, 2010 Page 2 The Comprehensive Plan encourages the development and maintenance of residential areas to improve the quality, appearance and attractiveness of housing units and residential property in general. The Comprehensive Plan designates this property, 8191 Spring Lake Road, as low-density residential. CUP Considerations: Chapter 1125 of the Zoning Code requires that the Planning Commission review and address any potential adverse effects of a conditional use that include, but are not limited to, the relationship with the Comprehensive Plan, geographical area involved, potential depreciation, the character of the surrounding area and the demonstrated need for such a use. Staff has addressed each of these potential adverse effects below. Relationship with the Comprehensive Plan. As previously stated, the Comprehensive Plan encourages the development and maintenance of residential areas to improve the quality, appearance and attractiveness of housing units and residential property in general. With this project, the applicants would be creating more garage space to have more indoor storage. Such additional storage would be a benefit to the property and to the neighborhood. The Geographical Area Involved. The Nordby’s home is located on Spring Lake Road, just north of County Highway 10. Since the garage expansion would be to the rear of the building, the garage would still appear to be a 2-car garage as the expansion would not be obvious from the street. In this case, the proposed oversized garage would not be noticeable or out of place in the neighborhood. This expanded garage should not affect any neighboring properties. Depreciation. The proposed garage would benefit the subject property both in a practical sense by providing additional on site, indoor parking and storage, as well as in an economic sense, as the addition would increase the “value” of the property. Increased property values are a benefit to everyone. The Character of the Surrounding Area. This portion of Spring Lake Road is entirely residential with the exception of the Thrifty Car Rental business on the corner of Spring Lake Road and County Highway 10. The homes in this area are a variety of styles and ages and many have large lots. This property is 115 feet by 187 feet deep (0.49 acres), so the oversize garage should not affect any neighbors. The proposed garage would not be out of character in this area particularly since the garage will only become deeper so the extra square footage of the garage would not be visible from the street. The Demonstrated Need for Such a Use. The applicant is proposing a 1,008 square foot garage that would allow for parking their vehicles and boat inside plus additional storage space since there are no other accessory buildings on the property.