Board of Adjustment Agenda and Packet 2022 09 21

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Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes August 17, 2022 Page 4 of 7 Staff Recommendations: Staff finds that all six criteria in Municipal code Section 17.48.110 are met and recommends approval with no conditions. Board Questions of Staff. Cooper mentions that this deck will not have a solid roof on it. If down the road they wanted a roof, would they have to get a variance? Hassan says it would depend if it affected the lot coverage. Ritchie says staff does view open trellises different then a solid roof. A solid roof structure would have to get a variance. Hawksley asks if it had a trellis in the previous structure. Hassan says no it did not. Hawksley asks if the setback being proposed is the same setback as the original structure or just approximately the same. Hassan says it is approximately the same. It is about a foot further. Hawksley says for the proposed structure, is it at the minimum distance from the front setback of the lot? Hassan says that is correct. Applicant Presentation: Kurt Firnhaber, 984 Arapahoe Cir Firnhaber says he purchased the house in 1991. The deck itself worked well with the house, coming off the kitchen and family room. The measurements from north to south is about the minimum it could be. Making the deck smaller would make it pretty much unusable for outdoor seating and dining. He thinks it fits the character of the neighborhood since it is similar to what was existing. He is planning to add landscaping as well. Berger asks if he has a landscaping plan. Firnhaber says he does not have on yet but it should be similar to what was before. Berger asks if he can describe what it will look like. Firnhaber says they previously had a large tree off the south side of the deck between the deck and the property line. We had apple trees on each corner of the lot. We also had a four and a half foot cedar fence but he does not believe he can have that fence there any longer. Ritchie mentions that staff is still reviewing fence standards for this PUD, related to what they can build back. Berger says when the house was originally built, did it meet all code requirements at the time of construction and not require a variance? Hassan says no variance request was found in our city records. Firnhaber mentions that he has had a surveyor survey the property a couple months ago. The house is slightly over the eastern setback. Board Questions of Applicant: None is heard.