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The four units that are requesting to deviate from City Code are located adjacent to Riverdale <br />Drive and are designed in a way that does not create a town house "wall" effect. Three of the <br />four units side yards are located adjacent to the exterior boundary line and the remaining unit is <br />designed so that the front doors will overlook Riverdale Drive to an existing town house <br />development. The intent of the 30 foot exterior boundary line requirement was to provide a <br />reasonable buffer fi'om an existing low density residential development to a higher density <br />development and to try to eliminate a "wall" of town homes to be created along a public street. It <br />appears that the intent of the exterior boundary line setback is not completely applicable to the <br />units proposing to deviate from City Code. <br /> <br />25foot building setback from public street right-of-way: <br /> <br />There are 3 public streets provided <br />and several cases where the units are <br />less than 25 feet fi'om the public <br />street right-of-way. <br /> <br />The development will be providing the required public street right-of-way width. Staff is not <br />concerned with snow storage since the maximum public street fight-of-way is being provided. <br />The 25 foot public street right-of-way restriction was intended to be applicable to the garage <br />portion of the townhouse unit in order .to establish a 25 foot driveway. The proposed <br />development is providing a layout that results in the structures accessing or are located adjacent <br />to a public street from the side yard, rear yard, and front yard. Since City Code does not <br />adequately address how to apply the public street right-of-way setback, the proposed <br />development appears to be requesting several deviations. The proposed Heritage Town House <br />units function a little different than a typical town house unit the City has approved in the past. <br />The Heritage units have tuck-under garages that are located at the rear of the unit. In most cases <br />the units are accessed by two streets, one street provides the owner vehicle access and the other <br />street provides the visitor access. In all cases the units will also contain a 5-foot sidewalk located <br />in front of the unit to provide a pedestrian pathway to the front door. TherefOre shifting the units <br />closer to the public right-of-way makes sense, as this will reinforce the pedestrian friendly access <br />to the unit. ~ <br /> <br />25foot building setback from private street: <br /> <br />The minimum unit setback being <br />requested from a private street is 23- <br />feet. <br /> <br />The City Council recently approved Town Center 2nd Addition, a townhouse development that <br />contains driveways that are less than 25 feet in length. The City Council seemed to exert some <br />level of comfort in approving a plat that contained a driveway less than 25 feet in length as long <br />as the structure was adjacent to a street that allowed for parking. The development is proposing <br />one situation where the unit driveways are 23 feet in length and is not located immediately <br />adjacent to a street that allows for parking. There is one case where staff feels it needs to be <br />looked at more closely, where there is access from a 24 foot street without a secondary street in <br />close proximity. Staff feels there either needs to be 25 foot driveways, the 'street needs to be 28 <br />feet, or additional parking needs to be provided in that area. <br /> <br />P92 <br /> <br />City Council/April 13, 2004 <br /> Page 22 of 33 <br /> <br /> <br />