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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes October 15, 1996 Page 5 1 B. Side Yard Variances Request-Assaad Hark 2914-36th Avenue N.E. L96-161. 2 Chair Bergstrom opened the public hearing at 7:31 P.M. 3 Ms. Moore-Sykes reported Assaad Hark, the owner of the property.at 2914-36th Avenue N.E., 4 has submitted a request for a side yard setback variance of 7.5 feet so that he may be able to build 5 a 28 foot by 14 foot addition to the existing porch on the south side of his house. The proposed 6 addition would allow the owner to make the current porch more useable and will be in line with 7 the principle structure. 8 The required setback for this lot is 30 feet because it is adjacent to 36th Avenue N.E. and Silver 9 Lake Road. The existing home sits 30 feet from 36th Avenue N.E. but is only 15 feet from Silver 10 Lake Road. The home immediately to the north of the subject property also sits 15 feet from 1 I Silver Lake Road and the home immediately south of the subject property is 30 feet from Silver 12 Lake Road. The City Ordinance states that the structure must be 30 feet from an adjacent street. 13 The owner would like to request that the side yard have a depth equal to the greater of 30 feet or 14 a distance equal to the average of the two adjacent lots. If the average of the two adjacent lots 15 can be used to calculate the variance needed-for the construction of this addition,then the setback 16 would be 22.5 feet and Mr. Hark would need a 7.5 foot variance. �17 The house is situated on a 10,200 square foot corner lot at 36th Avenue N.E_ and Silver Lake 18 Road. The construction of this proposed addition will not impact the lot coverage requirement. 19 Once the project is complete,the total footprint of the residence will occupy 2,167.5 square feet, 20 or 21% of the total lot square footage. The City Ordinance restricts lot coverage to 35% and Mr. 21 Hark does maintain that requirement with the proposed addition. 22 As they indicated in their letter submitted with the application,an addition to the porch would 23 give them much needed living space and allow them to better utilize their property. They have 24 contacted their immediate neighbors that would be impacted most by this addition and received 25 favorable responses from them. Staff has not received any information from anyone in the 26 neighborhood who objects to the proposed addition. 27 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated Staff is recommending approval of the variance request of 7.5 feet in 28 order to construct an addition to an existing porch, provided that the applicants complete the 29 construction within twelve months as stipulated in the City Zoning Ordinance. This addition 30 would provide more livable space for the owner and his family. The construction of the addition 31 would be such that it would not extend beyond the wall of the existing structure,it would blend 32 with the existing structures and would buffer backyard activities from Silver Lake Road_ 33 The applicant has demonstrated hardships that make it difficult to improve their property without 34 a variance. This situation is unique for the following reasons: