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STAFF REPORT To: Chair and Planning Commissioners From: Kim Moore-Sykes, Assistant City Manager Date: July 19,2011 Subject: Garage Setback Permit and Variance Request— 2609 Pahl Avenue NE Background. The property owners,Lindsay and Tom Wernimont,have submitted an application for a Garage Setback Permit to build a double car garage to replace the existing detached single car garage. They are also requesting that they be allowed a variance to construct 24 X 24 new garage,which will be 576 SF or 48SF larger than the City Ordinance allows. The property owners in their written statement report that they would like to keep the new garage in the same location as the existing garage because is it situated next to the alley. This placement is consistent with the placement of garages of their adjacent neighbors and this garage location next to the alley is generally the characteristic of the neighborhood. Being granted a setback permit for their garage allows them to keep the existing location. They also desire a slightly larger garage because,as they suggest in their written statement, their house is one of the smaller houses in the neighborhood and they would like to have the additional storage that the extra 48 SF would provide, in addition to housing their vehicles and other equipment. The property owners are responsible for demonstrating why the strict enforcement of the Ordinance would cause practical difficulties for them by preventing the subject property to be used in a reasonable manner; that the plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to the property not created by the landowner; that the variance if granted, will not alter the essential the character of the locality; and that economic considerations alone are not the basis of the practical difficulties. (City Code §152.245(C)) Attachments. • Project Description and Statement of Request • Plans,Exterior Elevations • Photos of the Subject Structure and Subject Property • Site Plan FAPlanning\Staff Reports\2011\07192011 2609 pahl garage permit concept review stf rpt.doc07192011 2609 pahl garage permit concept review stf rpt.doc