Board of Adjustment Agenda and Packet 2017 03 15

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Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes February 15, 2017 Page 3 of 10 From 6,362 square feet to 23,096 square feet with 9,179 square feet average. Staff recommends that the detached garage be setback a minimum of 7 feet from the north property line and buffer provided on the north side of the garage with a minimum of two, 2 inch caliper deciduous trees or two, 6 -foot tall evergreen trees. Ritchie also noted that Public Works was concerned with the location of the proposed driveway within 30 feet of the South Boulder Road intersection and has worked with the applicant to narrow the driveway and place it as far away from the intersection as possible. Stuart asks if it is just a backyard on the south side of the house. Ritchie confirms that it is the backyard of the property. There is some slope there, just roughly four feet of fall. The applicant could not bring it too far down because then there would be grading issues. The applicant's goal though is to just maximize their yard. Meseck asks that if there is a car on the north part of the garage, can a car that is on the south side reasonably get out. Ritchie says she cannot confirm yes or no to this question. Staff did not measure the turning radiuses, but she mentions that this is a concern the applicant shared to Staff. Meseck asks what the criteria was for proposing the alternative. Ritchie says that what the applicant is proposing is not the minimum request possible. Staff believes there is room to pull it further away. Stuart says, when looking at the 30 foot line going along South Boulder Road, there are other houses with sheds at two and three feet. He mentions that the city is not pristine at keeping a 7 foot border. Ritchie says that looking at South Boulder Road, there is no line that people have been adhering to. Campbell questions the lot size and asks Staff to read the lot, width, and length size. Ritchie states that the lot size is 7,675 sq. ft., width is 70 sq. ft., and the length is 110 sq. ft. Campbell asks if Staff compared this lot with other adjourning lots and lots across the street. Ritchie explains that she looked at the plat. She states that the lot size variation starts to come into play around the lots on the curve. The lots along the curve are roughly the same size. Campbell went to the Boulder County Accessor website prior to review lot sizes. He confirms the square footage information on the lot staff presented is accurate. He states that there are three other lots in the area that are smaller than the applicant's. Campbell asks if staff was aware of that information. Ritchie agrees that there are some homes that are smaller. She explains that the smallest lot size in the subdivision is 6,362. She is unfamiliar with which particular lots are smaller than the applicant's.