Agenda - Planning Commission - 01/04/2000

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CASE # / REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR TWO DWELLINGS ON ONE PARCEL; CASE OF DONALD KVETON By: Acting Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik Background: City Code states that there shall not be more than one main building on a lot unless otherwise provided for in City Code. Mr. Kveton has a dwelling at 5750 177~ Avenue N.W. and he is requesting a conditional use permit to maintain a second dwelling (carriage house) on the property to provide separate living quarters from his own for the estate caretakers. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) e) Site location map Site plan Carriage house elevations Proposed findings of fact Proposed conditional use P~rmit Observations: Mr. Kveton prefers to develop an estate with all the buildings on one parcel; he is not interested in subdividing or developing the property. The property is approximately 35 acres in size. It is located in the Rural Service Area for which there is a density restriction of 4 units in 40 acres. The additional home on the property would not violate the density restriction. If or when there is a desire to plat the dwellings onto separate lots of record, there is a sufficient distance between the two homes to do so and meet setback requirements. The proposed home exceeds minimum size standards established in City Code. Conditional use permits have been issued in the past for more than one dwelling on a residential lot. The Delaney family estate (Armstrong Kennels) has a conditional use permit for 4 dwellings. The Thomaswood Estate (Tom Kurak homestead) was granted a conditional use permit for two dwellings in order that the seller, Mr. Thom, could live on the property for the rest of his life. Recommendation: City Staff recommends approval of ~1~ request. The permit is drafted to perpetually link the carriage house to the estate as an accessory use unless the property is subdivided. The permit would be recorded at the County.