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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes June 17, 2008 Page 3 1 Chair Stromgren commented that the limited size of the church seems to fit well within the 2 assembly category. 3 4 VIII.2. LYNN SQUIRES— 3400 BELDEN DRIVE 5 6 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes stated Mr. Todd Gunderson contacted staff about the 7 possibility of building a two-car garage at 3400 Belden Drive. He is not the property owner at 8 this time, but has a purchase agreement with the current owner, Lynn Squires. Staff went through 9 the ordinance requirements and the process of the public hearing and 60-Day Rule. A letter was 10 sent to Ms. Squires about the City's receipt of the application, and the 60-Day Rule. Assistant 11 City Manager Moore-Sykes advised currently, there is a single car tuck-under garage attached to 12 the principle structure. Mr. Gunderson is proposing to construct an additional 20' x 24' accessory 13 building to be used primarily as a single car garage. Mr. Gunderson is proposing to construct the 14 accessory building ten feet from the existing garage, using the existing driveway to access both 15 garages. This location situates the proposed accessory building five feet from the rear lot line and 16 seven feet from the north side lot line. Mr. Gunderson has stated that he also intends to remove 17 an existing 20' x 12' deck and replace it with plantings. 18 19 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes stated this property is a corner lot but is only 9,170 square 20 feet rather than the 11,000 square feet as required by City Code. The lot coverage restriction for 21 lots with conforming square footage is 35%. City Code allows for 40% lot coverage for those 22 lots that were plotted with smaller dimensions. The project as proposed by Mr. Gunderson will 23 utilize 34% lot coverage, well within the 40% lot coverage restriction. 24 25 Chair Stromgren clarified for the Commission that the criteria for the garage permit is set out in 26 Section 1650.02 and relates to things such as neighbors, plantings, trees, relation to the street, 27 etc. The seven variance criteria are not required to be met with this permit. 28 29 Commissioner Jensen stated he sees no issue in moving forward with the application. He noted 30 the structure appears to occupy the same space as the current location and the function is similar. 31 32 Chair Stromgren commented that the request is in line with the City Code requirement for a two- 33 stall garage. He stated hopefully Mr. Gunderson or the homeowner will be able to attend the next 34 Planning Commission meeting. 35 36 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes indicated it is within the Commission's authority to table 37 the application until the applicant and/or the homeowner attend a Commission meeting. 38 39 Commissioner Jensen noted that applicants are encouraged to attend Commission meetings, but 40 their attendance is not mandatory. 41 42 IX. OTHER BUSINESS. 43 44 ix.1. CITY CODE RECODIFICATION—RESPONSES TO 4/16 EDITORIAL NOTES 45