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Gates Variance • Planning Case No. 545-98 January 6, 1999 Page 2 c. That the special conditions or circumstances do not result from the actions of the applicant. While Mr. Gates is responsible for owning a vehicle which does not conform to City Code, he is attempting to correct the situation by constructing a garage with a one-foot variance in order to park the vehicle inside. • d. That granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicant any special privilege that is denied by this Title to owners of other lands, structures or buildings in the same district. Granting this variance will not confer on the applicant any special privilege, in that staff would instruct future applicants intent upon parking an oversize vehicles within a garage how to make such arrangements without the need for a variance. Because staff told Mr. Gates that the truck would need to be removed after construction had already started on the garage addition, staff could not offer Mr. Gates this advice. • e. That the variance requested is the minimum variance which would alleviate the hardship. Economic conditions alone shall not be considered a hardship. In order to reconfigure the garage to allow for the truck to be parked inside, the garage door will need to be made one-foot taller. Because of the added door height, the garage in turn would become one foot taller. This is the minimum variance possible with keeping the garage roof in line with the roof of the home. f. The variance would not be materially detrimental to the purpose of this Title or to other property in the same zone. Granting this variance would not be detrimental to the purpose of the Zoning Code or to other properties in the neighborhood. Many attached garages have taller roofs to match the roof-line of the home. The one-foot increase will be im perceivable to the general public. g. The proposed variance will not impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent property or substantially increase the congestion of the public streets or increase the danger of fire or endanger the public safety or substantially diminish or impair property values within the neighborhood. The requested variance will not impair any neighboring properties' supply of light or air, it • will not create any additional traffic impact nor will it increase the danger of fire or endanger the public safety. There would not be any impact to property values in the immediate area.