Board of Adjustment Agenda and Packet 2014 08 20

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The applicant is wishing to expand their existing 10 foot by 12 foot rear deck to allow an additional "L" shaped deck roughly measuring 15 feet by 24 feet, an increase of 188 square feet. do4 ' 15! 1 r.ar.k� L ",q, Decks more than 30 inches above grade are counted toward lot coverage in the LMC. The purpose of the expansion is to provide additional outside usable space for their two year old son. The 15 foot rear yard setback will also be retained — the existing deck is located approximately 20.5 feet from the western (rear) property line, and the new deck will be located approximately 15.5 feet from the same property line. The side setback requirement is 5 feet and the deck will retain a 7.5 foot side yard setback. The underlying RE Zone District allows a maximum lot coverage of 20 %. The RE zone district, however, does not match well with the Centennial 8 neighborhood. The minimum lot size allowed in the RE zone district is 12,000 square feet, while the majority of the lots in the Centennial 8 neighborhood are approximately 6,000 to 7,000 square feet. The applicant's lot is 6,002 square feet. The entire Centennial 8 subdivision, and indeed a sizeable portion of the City which is zoned RE, does not fit the current yard and bulk standards of the RE zone district. It appears a majority of the homes in the Centennial 8 Subdivision exceed the maximum allowed lot coverage in the RE zone district. A more appropriate zone district for this subdivision appears to be Residential Low Density (RL). The minimum lot size in RL districts is 7,000 square feet and the maximum lot coverage allowed is 30 %. There are no zone districts with a minimum lot size of less than 7,000 square feet. The areas of the City that do not fit the current RE zone may need to be rezoned at some point. A rezoning of this magnitude, however, will be time - consuming 3