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Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes June 15, 2016 Page 4 of 17 4. That such unnecessary hardship has not been created by the applicant. House was built in 1975, RE zoning was applied in 1977- Criterion is met for both requests. 5. That the variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood or district in which the property is located, nor substantially or permanently impair the appropriate use or development of adjacent property. Setback: Maintains existing front setback, substantial separation from adjacent house - Criterion is met. Lot Coverage: Most of addition is on the rear, not visible from the street- Criterion is met. 6. That the variance, if granted, is the minimum variance that will afford relief and is the least modification possible of the provisions of Title 17 of the Louisville Municipal Code that is in question. Variance would allow only requested additions - Criterion is met. Staff recommendation: Staff finds all Criteria in Section 17.48.110 of the LMCW been met with respect to the front and side setback variance requests and therefore recommends approval. Staff finds Criteria 1, 2, and 3 in Section 17.48.110 of the LMC have not been met with respect to the lot coverage variance request and therefore, recommends denial of that request. Question from Board to Staff. Ewy asks with regard to the encroachment for the garage, I noted that the setback was measured to the space of the stone veneer. It appears there may be an eave or overhang that projects even farther. Does the PUD allow a certain overhang in the setbacks? Robinson says the Louisville Municipal Code (LMC)allows eaves to encroach 3' into the setbacks. Mesick asks about the dash line and if this is of any importance to the BOA within the interior of the yard? Robinson says those are the setback lines. Campbell asks if the lot coverage is 14,153 square feet. Robinson says that is what the survey shows. Presentation from Applicant: Terry Nelson, 2252 Crown Circle, Louisville, CO I am Terry Nelson and I thank you for considering our request. I am here with Donna, my wife. We came to Louisville in 1992 and moved into the house in November 1992. We like it here a lot. We don't want to leave. We have worked hard over the last 25 years and have put a little money aside. We talked about making some improvements to our property. We looked around town and the prices are pretty high. We went outside the City limits but a lot of things didn't fit for us. We have decided we really like living where we are. We like our neighbors. Everyone minds their own business and keeps an eye out for each other. There are seven houses in the cul-de-sac and three have been owned and occupied since before we moved in. The other three have long time residents, so there is little turnover in the neighborhood. We have nice big lots. Two or three months ago, we started looking around for an architect and eventually settled on Pat Hubbell, Summit Studio Architects. Last month, he informed us that, in meeting with Scott in the Planning department, we had a few things that needed addressing with a variance. Since the deadline to apply was the next day, we needed to get moving. If not, we would wait another 30 days. Pat prepared our application for us. Having gone through the first round of the comments and getting news back from Scott, I think in hindsight, we probably wish we had spent a little more time on the application. We think we have good reasons to be considered and under a little different interpretation of the lot coverage limit, taking a liberal view of the