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<br /> <br />  <br />MEMORANDUM      <br />       <br />  <br />To:      Planning Commissioners  <br />From:      Breanne Rothstein, AICP, City Planner  <br />    <br />Date:      Planning Commission meeting on October 22, 2018  <br />    <br />WSB Project No.  011104‐00  <br />Request:  Public Hearing to amend certain sections of city code related to decks  <br />  <br />RECOMMENDATION  <br />Recommend approval of the enclosed ordinance to make changes to the deck provision in the City Code.  <br />  <br />CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE REQUEST  <br />  <br />Based on an administrative appeal to staff’s interpretation of the regulations applicable to decks, the  <br />Planning Commission directed staff to prepare an ordinance relating to and regulating the setbacks for  <br />decks.  <br />  <br />Currently the city code does not have any regulations relating to decks. Section 150.124 relates to the  <br />definition of Accessory Structures. This section has been what staff has used to apply to decks, but is not  <br />ideal in the applicability to decks.   <br />  <br />Therefore, a suggested draft ordinance would establish the following provisions:  <br />  <br />1) A definition of “deck”.  <br />   <br />DECK - A platform attached to and projecting from the wall of a building or constructed on top of a building <br />designed to be used by people as space which is part of the structure. For the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance a <br />deck is considered “attached” if any part of it is within five (5) feet of an adjacent wall or building. An unattached <br />deck, or a deck attached to an accessory building, shall be considered an accessory building. <br />  <br />2) Add language in “permitted encroachments” relating to decks.  <br />3) Setbacks related to decks.  <br /> (G) Decks which are not higher than thirty (30) inches above grade at any given point along the grade are <br />permitted to encroach into the rear yard setback by 10 feet and the side yard setback, as long as a minimum side yard <br />setback of 5 feet is maintained. This encroachment does not apply in the R-1A Residential Lakeshore District or to <br />decks higher than thirty (30) inches above grade at any given point along the grade. Such decks must comply with <br />the setbacks for principal structures. <br />  <br />