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The owner of 214 Cheyenne Street (map), a small ranch-style house built in 1956, wants to build an addition. The plan is to add a second story over the existing house and build an attached garage where there is currently a carport. The garage would have a second-story Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU).
This area is zoned R2, which means that both single-family homes and duplexes are allowed. This older home doesn't completely match the form types defined in our newish zoning code, but the Planning Department determined that the Suburban Home form was close. As such, it would require three Major Adjustments to the form to allow the owner to make the proposed changes. Those Adjustments would be exceptions to these standards:
- Garage door shall be recessed at least 6 feet from the principal building wall.
- Garage doors facing a primary street shall be set back at least 20 feet from the lot line coterminous with that street.
- Rear lot line setback of 10 feet.
The Planning Commission will evaluate the site and the plans and decide whether the exceptions are warranted. Learn more.
Their second case concerns 408 18th Street (map). The owners of this house want to expand the house to the side, to make both the garage and the room above it wider, and to extend the front of the house out 2 feet. In this case, the requested exception regards a requirement that a garage door facing the street must be recessed 6 feet from the principal structure (the house).
The proposed addition to the house would only create a 2 foot 3 inch recess. There is enough room to extend the front of the house out six feet, but that would result in a bigger addition than they want.
The Planning Commission will decide whether the exception to the 6 foot recess for a garage door is warranted. Learn more.
The third case regards 2200 Ford Street (map)--the former Mountain Muffler site. An applicant plans to construct an office building on this site. The lot is approximately 14,000 sq. ft. and the proposed office building would be 11,765 sq. ft. The meeting packet says the building would be "multiple stories" (but does not specify how many). It adds that, if the building were reduced to two stories, it would not need a loading zone.
According to our zoning code, "new commercial buildings over 10,000 sq. ft. are required to provide one (1) off-street loading space that is 500 square feet with no one dimension less than ten feet." Instead, the owner proposes to provide a loading space of 317 square feet with one dimension being 9.5 feet. Planning Staff believes that the 500 square foot requirement was based on the expectation of deliveries by semi-trucks. They believe that only smaller trucks will deliver to this building; therefore, a smaller loading zone should be fine.
The applicant proposes to provide the loading space by using one of the required parking spaces. The Planning Director can approve a parking shortfall without Planning Commission permission.
The cited hardship used to justify this request is that most of the property is within the floodplain.
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
When:
5:30PM on Wednesday, Mar. 19th
