Board of Adjustment Agenda and Packet 2013 09 18

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The proposed deck and storage area addition would be located on the southwest corner of the existing house. The proposed 258 square foot deck would replace the existing 159 square foot second story deck. The proposed storage area addition is 6 feet by 12 feet and would be located under the proposed deck. The proposed improvement would provide a net increase of 99 square feet of lot coverage and would increase the total lot coverage percentage from 31% to 33.2% (1,521 square feet). The existing house was built in 1993 as part of the Pine Street Park Subdivision. The subdivision was approved as a Planned Unit Development (PUD) under section 17.28 of the LMC. Section 17.28.110 of the LMC states the yard and bulk requirements of the underlying zone district apply unless they are specifically modified by the PUD. The Pine Street Park PUD modified the setback requirements for the houses in the subdivision, but did not modify the lot coverage requirement. The subject property is zoned Residential Estate (RE), which allows a maximum lot coverage of 20%. The proposed improvements exceed the maximum lot coverage permitted under the zoning code by 13.2%, and approval of a variance from the requirements of the Municipal Code is required before building permits can be issued. The RE zone district, however, does not match well with the Pine Street Park neighborhood. The minimum lot size allowed in the RE zone district is 12,000 square feet, while the maximum lot size in Pine Street Park is 6,459 square feet and the average lot size is 4,968 square feet. 7 square feet. The entire Pine Street Park subdivision, and indeed a sizeable portion of the City which is zoned RE, does not fit the current yard and bulk standards of the RE zone district. It appears all of the homes in the Pine Street Park Subdivision exceed the maximum allowed lot coverage in the RE 2