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Board of Adjustment <br />Meeting Minutes <br />January 20, 2021 <br />Page 4 of 6 <br />Criteria 3 - Criterion Met <br />• The property would not be able to be reasonably developed in conformity <br />because the zoning would limit the ability to cover the deck. <br />Criteria 4 - Criterion Met <br />This hardship has not been created by the applicant because the condition of the <br />lot shape is a result of the 1978 subdivision. <br />Criteria 5 - Criterion Met <br />• This variance approval will not alter the character of the neighborhood because <br />the property backs to a city -owned lot, limiting any potential impacts. <br />• Adjacent property owners have signed support letter <br />Cooper asks if staff can define what a city -owned lot is. <br />Zuccaro shows the applicant's property. When the properties were platted, this parcel <br />of land was given to the City for utility purposes. The property owner is not adjacent to <br />another homeowner, but to the city property. That is what we are referring to. <br />Cooper asks that if in the future, the City no longer needs to use it for utility purposes, <br />can that parcel be developed that would impact the property? <br />Zuccaro says no, because of the location and size of the lot, he cannot think of what <br />the use would be for that property. <br />Mihaly points out that in the staff report, the citywide map on page one shows the <br />wrong location. <br />Criteria 6 - Criterion Met <br />This is the minimum variance and least modification possible because a further <br />setback would result in a 6' deep deck that would not be functional. The applicant <br />has also noted that the roof structure will enable use of the west -facing deck <br />when there is a strong afternoon sun. <br />Staff Recommendations. - <br />Staff finds that all six criteria in Municipal code Section 17.48.110 are met and <br />recommends approval with no conditions. <br />Board Questions of Staff. <br />Mihaly asks if there were letters of support in the meeting packet. <br />Zuccaro says there are two letters of support and shows where they are in the packet. <br />Applicant Presentation: <br />Amber Stewart, architect for homeowner <br />