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7800 Groveland Road 2nd Driveway Variance Report June 4, 2014 Page 2 b. The variance is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan does not address this specific of an issue, but traffic safety and management is an important function for the City. By limiting access points onto the streets, there are less traffic movements and the streets are safer. c. The applicant proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by this Title or the City Code. The applicant would use the second driveway to access the detached garage on his property and not need to drive over the City street curb. The applicant was informed that a second driveway was not allowed prior to building the garage in the current location, and knew he would have to drive over the curb. d. Unique circumstances apply to the property which do not apply to other properties in the same zone or vicinity and result from lot size or shape, topography or other circumstances over which the owner of the property since the enactment of this Title has had no control. The unique circumstances do not result from the actions of the applicant. There are no unique circumstances associated with this property. The applicant built the detached garage for his trailer, and had been informed prior to construction of the garage that second curb cuts were not allowed. e. The variance does not alter the essential character of the neighborhood. There are no other single-family properties in the neighborhood with two curb cuts. f. The variance requested is the minimum variance which would alleviate the practical difficulties. Economic conditions alone do not constitute practical difficulties. Adding the second curb cut is the minimum variance possible to alleviate what the applicant has stated is his difficulty. g. The Planning Commission may impose such conditions upon the premises benefited by a variance as may be necessary to comply with the standards established by this Title or to reduce or minimize the effect of such variance upon other properties in the neighborhood, and to better carry out the intent of the variance. The condition must be directly related to and must bear a rough proportionality to the impact created by the variance. If the variance were to be approved, Staff recommends limiting the curb cut width to a maximum of 20 feet, which is the width of the detached garage.