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standard allowance of 50% in the R-4, Multi-family Residential zoning district. Plan modifications include the following: • Addition of 5 parking spaces, increasing the supply from 11 to 16 total parking spaces. • Request for a variance to the impervious surface standard as noted above, for the increased parking area. • Modification to the building façade along the south side, as recommended by staff. • Gable in roofline to break up roof plane. • Addition of stone wainscot to the south and west façades. • Shifting the trash enclosure to the east, and adding a roof cover to screen the view of the trash dumpsters within the enclosure from adjoining residential units. • Provision of parking supply data from other related projects. • Supplementary shrub planting (in addition to the proposed tree planting) along the north boundary of the for screening of the parking area above the retaining wall. • Addition of shrub and perennial grass planting along the south wall of the building. Variance to Impervious surface To increase the parking supply on the site, the applicant has extended the parking and drive aisle farther to the east, adding 5 spaces for a new total of 16. The extension of the parking results in an increase in impervious surface to an estimated 54.3%, over the standard coverage of 50%. The applicant seeks variance to accommodate this increase in surface coverage. As with other variances, consideration is required to be given to whether there are unique conditions on the property that create practical difficulties in putting the property to what would otherwise be a reasonable use. The site is zoned R-4, Multi-Family Residential, accommodating residential uses of up to 40 units per acre. At a lot size of under one acre, and frontage of just 125 feet, the site configuration greatly diminishes the potential development of the site under the R-4 zoning. Even if the site were to include the requisite 75% of required parking for 40 multi-family units underground, the code would accommodate more than a dozen spaces as surface parking. Development of this remaining infill site relies on variances from zoning standards to make it reasonably usable. 23