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• • REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION Meeting Date: August 18, 1999 Staff Report by: James Ericson, Planning Associate Planning Case No.: 566-99 Request: The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to construct a 576 square-foot addition to his existing 720 square-foot garage. Petitioner: Tim Skeate Location: 2809 Woodale Drive PIN No. 07-30-23-31-0019 Zoning/Land Use: R-1, Single Family Residential Attachments: Planning Application Zoning Map • Location Map Site Plan Resolution 590-99 Background: 2809 Woodale Drive is located south of Highway 10, two properties west of Silver Lake Road. The area of the subject property--an interior lot--is approximately 16,200 square feet. The house and garage are set back approximately 60 feet from the street, with the detached garage situated alongside the house to the east. The house, at approximately 400 square feet, is much smaller 1. 1 l ".. 1• . •— . •. . • ' . 1' 1 ' I 1 . - -- 1 - . •8 . , • • ,s - • • . • a 576 square-foot addition to the rear of the garage, maintaining the same width and roofline of the existing garage. Analysis: A Conditional Use Permit is required due to the size of the proposed garage. The size of the proposed garage would be 1,296 square feet, which would be three times the size of the house. The Planning Commission and City Council have in the past been very concerned about this type of imbalance. A garage is intended to be an accessory structure to service the principal dwelling, not the dominating feature of the property. A garage of this size, were it to be built, would appear • out of place and obtrusive.