Meeting Date: September 17, 2020
To: Members of the Zoning Board of Appeals
From: Mikayla Schmidt, City Planner
Title
Consider Resolution for a Variance Request to Allow a Porch to Encroach into the Corner Side Yard Setback at 1020 College Street South.
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Action Requested:
The Zoning Board of Appeals is requested to approve allowing a roofed, but otherwise unenclosed, porch to be built up to the corner side yard property line (8 feet from the house) at 1020 College Street South.
Summary Report:
The applicant, Larry and Melba Sargent, has applied for a variance to allow a covered, but otherwise unenclosed porch to be built to the corner side yard property line at 1020 College Street South. The parcel is zoned R1: Residential General 1 and is part of the Drakes Addition. The parcel is approximately 0.13 acres in size and is located more centrally in town. The lot is northwest of Fremont St. E. and College St. S. and looks to have been subdivided at some point. The parcel is half the size of a typically lot in this neighborhood.
The applicant has applied for a variance, which would allow the construction of an 8 foot by 12 foot roofed or covered, but otherwise unenclosed, porch on the south side of the home. This places the porch in the corner side yard, which is allowed to encroach a 25% of the street side setback (15 feet) to a maximum of 5 feet. In the mailing and the publication sent to the paper, it stated the encroachment was 20%, which is 5 feet. The correct percentage is 25% and it should have read, a maximum of 5 feet.
The applicants are aging in place, one is 90% disabled and they would like to create an additional landing to enter and exit the home. Currently, they use a wheelchairs, as needed, and have a long ramp on the east side of the home to enter and exit. The applicants are anticipating the need to use a motorized wheelchair in the future. The additional depth of 8 feet, rather than 5 feet, will allow for better mobility ...
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