ITEM DESCRIPTION:
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VA-2403: Request for variances from Article III to allow for the construction of a detached garage totaling 2,572 square feet for the property at 1890 Old Mission Road.
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OWNER/APPLICANT:
Jack and Carolee Lawson
PROPOSED USE:
Detached Garage
Principle Structure is 3,184 square feet. Proposed detached garage is 2,572 square feet or 80.77 percent of the principle structure.
Principle Structure is 16 feet tall. Proposed detached garage is 22'10" tall.
REQUESTED ACTION:
1. Article III, Section 21-36.02(c): To allow an accessory structure (detached garage) to exceed the height of the principle structure.
2. Article III, Section 21-36.02(g): To allow an accessory structure (detached garage) to be located in the front yard setback.
3. Article III, Section 21-36.02(k): To allow an accessory structure (detached garage) to exceed 60 percent of the total square feet of the principle structure.
4. Article III, Section 21-36.02(h): To allow an accessory structure to be located 10 feet from the front yard setback in lieu of the required 40-foot setback in the Rural Transition zoning district.
PARCEL ID:
734411000040
AREA:
2.12 acres
CURRENT LAND USE:
Single-Family Home
FLUM DESIGNATION:
Low Density Transition with Conservation Overlay
ZONING DISTRICT:
Rural Transition (RT)
VOTING DISTRICT:
District One - Councilwoman Charlotte Gillis
According to Article IX, Section 21-100.04(d), Non-Administrative Variance, City of Edgewater's Land Development Code;
In order to grant a non-administrative variance, the P. & Z. Board shall make the following findings of fact:
1. That granting of the proposed variance is not in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan;
2. That granting of the proposed variance will not result in creating or continuing a use which is not compatible with adjacent uses in the area;
3. That granting of the proposed variance is the minimum action available to permit reasonable use of the property;
4. That the physical...
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