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STAFF REPORT DATE: August 15, 1995 TO: Planning Commission Members LI FROM: Kim Moore-Sykes, Management Assistant � ITEM: Salvation Army Camp's Request for Shoreline Variance BACKGROUND Mr. Leslie E. Formell, CEO for Formell & Associates Architects has submitted a Petition for Variance to the City for a shoreline variance on Kiwanis Island in Silver Lake. Mr. Formell has submitted the petition for the Salvation Army Camp, which is requesting to be allowed to construct an open-sided picnic shelter on Kiwanis Island. Currently, the island has a swingset, a barbecue pit and can only be accessed by a walking trail. The picnic shelter would provide weather protection for recreational activities on the island. The Salvation Army Camp is proposing to construct the picnic'shelter in the middle of the. island. This proposed site will require a 125 foot variance from the southeast corner of the • structure to the shoreline and a 100 foot variance from the northwest and northeast corners of the structure to the shoreline. The zoning ordinance states that a structure in a recreational/open space district must adhere to a lakeshore setback of 200 feet. The proposed structure otherwise meets the permitted uses restriction of the ordinance in that it will be an outdoor recreational facility that is operated by a nonprofit service organization, (Sec. 1645, subsection 1645.02). The current Department of Natural Resources regulations require a 75 foot lakeshore setback for structures on shoreline property. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval of the petitioner's request for setback variances. This recommendation is based on the hardships addressed in the Petition for Variance submitted to the City in order to construct an open-sided picnic shelter. Conditions that exist to create hardships are the following: • The shape of the island prevents the construction and placement of the picnic shelter within the City's requirement for a 200 foot setback for lakeshore structures. • The City's Zoning Ordinance requires that a structure in the recreation/open district be setback 200 feet from the lakeshore; the Department of Natural Resources requires only a 75 foot setback for lakeshore structures. If the shelter is • constructed, it would meet the DNR's 75 foot setback requirement for lakeshore structures. The City's ordinance is a cause of hardship in this situation.