Board of Adjustment Agenda and Packet 2016 02 17

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BACKGROUND: The applicant is requesting rear setback and lot coverage variances to allow for additional development of his property located at 175 Lois Drive in the Centennial Valley 3 subdivision. The PUD for the subdivision was approved in 1981 and the house was built in 1984. The property backs to the Warembourg Open Space. The Centennial Valley 3 PUD controls setbacks for the property. The proposed modifications comply with the required setbacks, except for the rear deck. The PUD requires a 20 foot rear setback. The existing deck is 16 feet from the rear lot line, four feet into the required setback. The proposed nine foot by 21 foot deck would be 13 feet from the rear lot line, seven feet into the required setback. The PUD does not does not have a specific lot coverage requirement, so under section 17.28.110 of the Louisville Municipal Code, the lot coverage requirements of the underlying zone district control. The neighborhood is zoned Residential Estate (RE), which has a minimum lot size of 12,000 square feet. The lots in Centennial Valley 3 range from about 5,000 square feet to over 11,000 square feet. The property in question is 5,296 square feet, one of the smallest in the subdivision. The RE zone district allows a maximum lot coverage of 20 percent. 175 Lois currently has a lot coverage of 31 percent, including a 108 square foot rear deck. The applicant would like to expand the deck by approximately 80 square feet, cover the front porch, and expand the main level cantilevers, which would bring the lot coverage to 33 percent (1,746 square feet from 1,623 square feet currently). The deck is counted toward lot coverage 2