Board of Adjustment Minutes 2006 01 18

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Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes January 18, 2006 Page 4 of 7 4. Reasonable efforts shall be made to preserve the existing mature tree in the northeast corner of the property. Board Questions of Stat!: Cordell inquired if the applicant had received copies of the conceptual drawing. Johnstone stated that they had. Weise expressed concern with the lot coverage and requested clarification from staff. Johnstone explained the different between lot coverage and floor area ratio (FAR). Weise continued by stating that the rear of the property has lots of things happening: covered patio, garage, and stucco wall. Loeblich requested clarification of the vision clearance, and location of property line in relation to the sidewalk or the street. Johnstone provided that clarification. Loeblich asked if the new proposal might be setting any adverse positions that staff might have problem support in the future. Johnstone stated that any future variance requests would have to meet all six criteria and each application has its own set of requests for a variance. Cordell requested that Johnstone explain the lot line location again. Johnstone explained. Malmquist asked about the style / architecture of the proposed garage. Johnstone stated that would be a question for the applicant to answer. Applicant Presentation: Keith Helart, 1200 Lincoln Ave, property owner thanked the staff for the report and for working with him to development a type of comprise that both could support. He continued with a discussion of an alternative way to measure the vision clearance. It included the concept of measuring from the center of the alley instead of the property line. Board Questions of Applicant: Malmquist requested that the applicant demonstrate on the drawing where the corner of the garage is located on the revised plans presented by staff. Helart approached the dais to point to the location. He also explained that the garage will be on the property line at the alley regardless of the direction from the BOA on the variance. Board Questions of Stat!: Cordell ask if the Board could grant relief form the vision clearance area definition. Johnstone stated that they could. Loeblich inquired what does the Public Works Department feel about the requested change from the applicant. Johnstone explained that he had met with staff in the Public Works Department and they would support the side yard relief of measuring the vision clearance area from the sidewalk instead of the property line. However, they expressed concern with the change of definition of measuring the vision clearance area from the alley center line. Loeblich also questioned if the sidewalk was being used by people riding bikes.