Board of Adjustment Agenda and Packet 2010 11 17

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The applicant is planning to add a 65 square foot mud room to the south side of the house. The mud room would extend from the existing kitchen towards the southern property line. The roof over the proposed mud room would have a 4:12 pitch. Section 17.12.050 C of the Old Town Overlay Zoning District Regulations require that; The predominant roof shall be a hip/ridge design and shall not be a shed roof or other design. The minimum roof pitch for the predominant roofs on both principal and accessory structures shall be 6:12. A “predominant roof” is one having a surface area that exceeds more than 80 percent (80%) of the total surface area of all roofs on the structure, as calculated by the planning department. “Roof pitch” means the slope of the roof, or the angle which is formed between the roof and the horizontal plane. This section of the code requires 80% of all roofs on all structures on the property have a pitch of 6:12 or greater. 100% of the roofs on the existing structure at 1324 Grant Avenue have a pitch of 4:12, and therefore the home is nonconforming with regards to the roof pitch requirement outlined in Section 17.12.050 C of the Old Town Overlay Zoning District Regulations. Any addition to a nonconforming structure is required to comply with the current regulations of the Old Town Overlay Zoning District. This means any addition to the home at 1324 Grant has to have a roof with a pitch of 6:12 or greater to comply with the requirements of the Old Town Overlay Zoning District. PROPOSAL: The applicant proposes to construct a 65 square foot mud room addition to the property at 1324 Grant Avenue. The roof covering the mud room addition will have a pitch of 4:12. The existing roof on the home at 1324 Grant Street has a pitch of 4:12. If the proposed addition is constructed, 100% of all roofs on the home at 1324 Grant will have a pitch of 4:12. The applicant is requesting a variance from Section 17.12.050.C of the LMC to allow for a structure where 80% of the roofs do not have a pitch of 6:12 or greater. REVIEW CRITERIA: The BOA has authority to hear and decide, grant or deny this application for a variance from Section 17.12.050.C of the LMC by the powers granted the BOA in Section 17.48.110 of the LMC. The BOA may grant a variance only if it makes findings that all of the criteria, as established under Section 17.48.110.B.1-6, have been satisfied, insofar as applicable: The applicant has provided a written analysis of the variance criteria, which has been included in the BOA packet materials. Following is a staff review and analysis of the variance criteria. 1.That there are unique physical circumstances or conditions such as irregularity, narrowness or shallowness of lot, or exceptional topographical or other physical conditions peculiar to the affected property. The Old Town Overlay District Regulations require that 80% of all roofs on a structure have a pitch of 6:12 or greater. All of the roofs on the existing home at 1324 Grant Avenue have a pitch of 4:12, making it a nonconforming structure. The subject home was built prior to the implementation of the 2