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LOUISVILLE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT STAFF REPORT DECEMBER 21, 1994 APPLICANT: Ramon and Carole Griffin OWNER: same LOCATION: 555 Orchard Drive - Lot 24, The Meadows at Coal Creek ZONING: RE - Residential Estate with an approved PUD Development Plan REQUEST: Variance to allow a 16.55 foot front yard setback where a minimum 20 feet is required by The Meadows at Coal Creek PUD. BACKGROUND The Meadows at Coal Creek PUD and final plat were approved by the City in September, 1992. The subject property was platted as Lot 24, The Meadows at Coal Creek Subdivision, which was recorded in February, 1993. Lot 24, is rectangular in shape and is 65 feet wide and 115 feet deep. The Meadows at Coal Creek PUD specifies the following minimum building setbacks: front yard - 20', side yard - 5', and rear yard - 25'. The original underlying RE zone district setbacks are: front yard - 30', side yard - 10', and rear yard - 25'. A building permit for Lot 24 was approved June 6, 1994 and issued to Environmental Systems Design. Bob Parich was listed as the supervisor for the job. The site plan approved with the building permit application showed a 20.0' minimum front yard setback, a 27.0' rear yard setback and minimum side yard setbacks of 10.0' and 7.5' (See Exhibit 1). All setbacks shown were in conformance with the PUD. An improvement location certificate prepared by Allen L. Royer and dated 7/13/94 was submitted to the City. The improvement location certificate showed a dwelling under construction on Lot 24 with a front yard setback of 16.9' from the property line. No rear yard setback was shown. This improvement location certificate was reviewed by Peter Kernkamp of the Louisville Planning Department and marked in red ink "NOT APPROVED min. 20' required. PK 8/31/94." (See Exhibit 2.) A second improvement location certificate was submitted to the Building Inspection Department that was a revision of the first that showed a 21.9' distance between the dwelling under construction and a line connecting two points labeled nail/disc offset 5' from the property line (See Exhibit 3). Also a rear yard setback of 25.1' is shown although the distance scales to approximately 30' and the dimensions 25.1' + 68' + 16.9' = 110'. This revised improvement 1