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j planning Commission Meeting Minutes April 20, 2004 Page 2 1 2 VI. COMMUNICATION WITH CITY COUNCIL, 3 6.1 Designate a Planning Commission member to the April 27, 2004 City Council Meeting. 4 5 Chair Stromgren stated that there is no a need for a Commissioner to attend the next City Council 6 meeting as there is no public hearing this evening. 7 8 VII. CONCEPT REVIEW. 9 10 7.1 John Lovelette, 3201 32"d Avenue,Review Requests for Building a New Home: (a) 11 Square Footage Variance, (b)Lot Width Variance; (c) Floor Area Ratio Variance. 12 13 John Lovelette stated that he and his wife Joan recently purchased the property located at 3201 14 32nd Avenue with the intent to remove the current structure and build a new home. He reviewed 15 the lot size and variance requests with the Commission. He explained that they plan to demolish 16 an 80-year old home currently located on the property and build a new two-story, 2,783 square 17 foot home. He noted that the property measures 50 x 175 stating that the variances necessary to 18 complete the home include a square footage variance because the property's lot size is under the 19 minimum lot size of 9000 square feet, at 8,750 square feet. He stated that they are requesting a 20 250 square foot variance for this requirement. He explained that the minimum lot width is 75- 21 feet noting that the property lot width is 50-feet, which would require a 25-foot variance. He 22 stated that the third variance is for floor area ratio noting that the floor area maximum is 30 23 percent of the lot. He explained that the proposed home would exceed the floor area ratio 24 requirement by 99 square feet and reviewed with the Commission. He stated that the variance to 25 meet the City's floor area ratio requirement would be in the amount of 99 square feet. He noted 26 that there is a discrepancy in the square footage from the Building Official figures and the plan 27 stating that the basement level and garage square footages are excluded from the calculation. 28 29 Mr. Lovelette provided the Commission with an overview of the house design and reviewed the 30 front and rear elevations with the Commission. He referenced the front and back hip roof and 31 elevations and reviewed with the Commission. 32 33 Chair Stromgren asked Mr. Lovelette to review the site plan and house design with the 34 Commission. Mr. Lovelette provided the Commission with a copy of the draft site plan for their 35 review noting that this is not the main survey version. He stated that he would submit the final 36 survey for their review by May 7, 2004 noting that it would include the dimensions.as shown on 37 the current draft. 38 39 Mr. Lovelette indicated that the driveway entrance would come off from 32"d Avenue and 40 reviewed the approach with the Commission. He noted that the current approach is 35 feet wide 41 and would in approximately 25 feet with a width of the 25-foot line, encompassing a 16-foot 42 door. He reviewed the entry sidewalk leading up to the porch, which is also shown, on the front 43 elevation design. He noted that from the back it would incur 50 feet rear yard to the front of the 44 porch. He indicated that the homes to the left and right of their property are set back further than 45 the proposed 50-feet for his proposed home and reviewed with the Commission. He noted that