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Q. How did you arrive at the 24 feet? <br />A. Basically that is based upon our standard drive way width that we use in commercial <br />areas for 90 degree parking. <br />Q. How many alleys give you that kind of width that you are looking for? <br />A. Probably the typical alleys, even where we have a 20 foot platted right of way, the <br />pavement width is usually only about 16 or 18 feet. <br />Q. So it would have to be set in from the alley? <br />A. From the right of way line. <br />Q. On page 2, it may not be practical to access a garage from a very narrow or <br />undeveloped alley, so street access would only be prohibited if alley access, with a <br />developed alley, with a minimum right of way of 15 feet or side street, were <br />available; could you explain that? <br />A. For instance, on Pine Street there is actually a 10 foot alley, so there won't be access <br />of that 10 foot alley. So, from a practical standpoint, it is not very usable. At the <br />time they were platted you could get a horse down a 10 foot alley. <br />Q. So what you a saying is that if there is a side street available or an alley that has a <br />right of way of 15 feet you could not have garage access from the front, you would <br />have to use the alley or the side street? <br />A. Right. So that would still allow the situation where you are on a corner lot to come <br />of the side street. <br />Q. And you would still have to go in nine feet on your property in order to meet the 24 <br />foot requirement? <br />A. If you are on a side street, then you would need to meet the side yard setback, <br />whatever that is. For the rear you would need to meet that. So, for a 20 foot platted <br />alley the setback would be four feet. For alleys platted at 16, it would be about an <br />eight foot setback. Those are the two most typical widths. <br />Commissioner Puryear - From a practical standpoint I think that is fairly workable. I guess that <br />my one car garage is about eight foot off the pavement. It is a little tight but it is workable. Any <br />closer and you would have to use the other property across the alley. <br />Q. <br />A. <br />A. <br />For the accessory structure side yard setback at three feet, is that to the wall of the <br />structure and is there an allowable eve overhang? <br />It is to the wall of the structure. The zoning code has a provision for and <br />encroachment for features such as eve overhangs up to three feet into any required <br />yard. <br />Since the F.A.R. only takes into account finished floor area, what is to prevent some <br />one from finishing off an unfinished attic with out the benefit of a building permit? <br />I am not sure that is specifically addressed. You usually don't write the codes <br />anticipating that people will ignore them. The only thing I can say is that it was <br />suggested to place the maximum building height at 27 feet. I think one of the <br />concerns about the 27 foot height is that you may have some legitimate architectural <br />4 <br />