CC PACKET 09272011 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

STAFF REPORT To: Mayor and City Council Interim City Manager Jay Hamman From: Kim Moore -Sykes, Assistant: City Manager Date: September 27, 2011 Subject: 3408 Maplewood Drive – Variance to Front Yard Setback for Porch and Stoop Requested Action: Date Application Received: Property Address: Zoning District: 60 -Day Expires: Waiver Letter Required: Future Action: Council Consideration and Action August 18, 2011 3408 Maplewood Drive R-1 October 17, 2011 Yes Date Sent: — No Background: Carri Sandwick of Albertsson Hansen Architecture, Ltd., met with Staff to discuss the possibility of obtaining an encroachment variance for her clients, the owners of 3408 Maplewood Drive, who would like to add a front porch to their home. Ms. Sandwick and the property owners, Barbara and Culley Johnson, attended a public hearing on their request with the Planning Commission on September 20, 2011. Ms. Sandwick reported that an addition of a front porch to their home is part of a renovation project that they are planning for the front of their home. Their garage extends beyond the front of the house by approximately 10 feet. The home owners are proposing to fill in that space from the side of the garage to the end of the house with a 9' 11.5" x 30' (approx. 300SF) enclosed screen porch. The owners are proposing to add a front stoop and steps to the proposed front porch. This structure will extend seven feet, nine and a half inches (79.5") into the front yard setback, which for this property is determined to be 33.4' (the average of 30.2' and 36.6', adjacent front yard depths of neighboring properties, §152.039 DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS, (E)). The zoning code allows encroachments for steps, stoops and porches that extend no more than 5 feet into the front yard setback (§152.177 ENCROACHMENTS IN YARDS, (D)). As presented on the site plans, a proposed stoop with steps encroaches approximately 2' 9.5" feet into the front yard setback. The property owners are requesting a 2' 9.5" variance to the 5' encroachment limit as stated in City Ordinance §152.177. 092720113408 Maplewood Drive Encroachment Variance council staff report 56