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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes September 20, 2011 Page 4 1 area to be landscaped in a manner more befitting properties in the City. He indicated that their 2 neighbors recently built a garage approximately 20-22' wide and felt that their proposed garage 3 is not grossly oversized compared to neighboring garages and is not out of line with the essential 4 character of the neighborhood. He added that the existing sidewalk will be torn out which will 5 allow more green space in this area. 6 7 Chair Jensen closed the public hearing at 7:52 p.m. 8 9 Commissioner Heinis asked if there will be any difference in height between the current garage 10 and the proposed garage. He also asked if the Bergum's yard drains into the neighbor's property. 11 12 Mr. Mark Van Patter,MVP Construction, stated that the new garage will be 20-21' high and they 13 plan to add one course of block to the slab. He stated that there is a swale between the driveways 14 and the area is fairly flat. 15 16 Commissioner Heinis asked if the lot coverage limitation includes the driveway. 17 18 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes replied that the site plan shows removal of the concrete 19 sidewalk and replacing it with pervious pavers and this was not included in the calculations for 20 lot coverage. 21 22 Chair Jensen stated that the dilemma in evaluating this request is that there is nothing to show the 23 existing impervious surface coverage and the proposed lot coverage is more than the 35% 24 limitation. He indicated that he would like to see the applicant come up with a summary of the 25 impervious surface calculation existing today, because whichever size garage is chosen, there 26 can be no greater than 35% impervious surface coverage. He stated that if the goal is to 27 minimize the number of variance requests, the applicant might consider using more pervious 28 pavers in the driveway area. He added that it may be helpful to table action on this item to allow 29 the applicant to work on the lot coverage calculations. 30 31 Motion by Commissioner Heinis, second by Commissioner Cincoski,to recommend that the City 32 Council approve a variance request to build a 768 SF garage and approve the rear yard setback 33 variance. 34 35 Chair Jensen suggested a friendly amendment to approve the variance requests contingent upon 36 the applicant reducing the impervious surface area of the lot, consistent with the City's lot 37 coverage limitation of 35%. 38 39 Commissioner Heinis approved the friendly amendment. 40 41 Commissioner Cincoski seconded the friendly amendment. 42 Motion carried 4-0. 43 44 45 46