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STAFF REPORT DATE: October 15, 1996 TO: Planning Commission Members FROM: Kim Moore-Sykes, Management Assistant ITEM: 96-16 -- Side Yard Variance Request Assaad Hark, 2914 - 36th Avenue N.E. BACKGROUND: Assaad Hark, the owner of the property at 2914 - 36th Avenue N.E., has submitted a request for a side yard setback variance of 71h feet so that he may be able to build a-28' x 14' addition to the existing porch on the south side of his house. The proposed addition would allow the owner to make the current porch more useable and will be in line with the principal structure. The required setback for this lot is 30 feet because it is adjacent to 36th Avenue N.E. and Silver Lake Road. The existing home sits 30 feet from 36th Avenue N.E. but is only 15 feet from Silver Lake Road. The home immediately to the north of the subject property also sits 15 feet from Silver Lake Road and the home immediately south of the subject property is 30 feet from Silver Lake Road. The City Ordinance states that the structure must be 30 feet from an adjacent street. The owner would like to request that the sideyard have a depth equal to the greater of 30 feet or a distance equal to the average of the two adjacent lots. If the average of the two adjacent lots can be used to calculate the variance needed for the construction of this addition, then the setback would be 221h feet and Mr. Hark would need a 71h foot variance. The house is situated on a 10,200 square foot corner lot at 36th Avenue N.E. and Silver Lake Road. The construction of this proposed addition will not impact the lot coverage requirement. Once the project is complete, the total footprint of the residence will occupy 2,167.5 square feet, or 21.% of the total lot square footage. The City Ordinance restricts lot coverage to 35% and Mr. Hark does maintain that requirement with the proposed addition. As they indicated in their letter submitted with the application, an addition to the porch would give them much needed living space and allow them to better utilized their property. They have contacted their immediate neighbors that would be impacted most by this addition and received favorable responses from them. Staff have not received any information from anyone in the neighborhood who objects to the proposed addition.