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CASE # <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO FRONT YARD SETBACKS FOR THE PROPOSED <br />PLAT OF ALPINE MEADOWS; <br /> CASE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN LLC. <br /> By: Patrick Trudgeon, Principal Planner <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Eighty-Seven LLC is proposing to subdivide land on the southwest comer of State Hwy. 47 and <br />Alpine Dr. into 42 townhome units. The property is zoned R3-U which allows for townhomes up <br />to a density of seven units per acre. City Code states that the front yard setback for buildings <br />located in the R3-U Zoning District be setback 35 feet from the edge of the right-of-way. The <br />applicant is requesting a 10-foot variance to have the townhouse units setback 25 feet from the <br />public right-of-way. <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) Site location map <br />b) Preliminary Plat <br />c) Proposed Findings of Fact <br />d) Proposed Variance <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />In accordance with State Statute, Staff sent notification to property owners within 350 feet of the <br />subject property of the request for a variance. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />With the adoption of the 2001 Comprehensive Plan, the City has been faced with several <br />townhouse developments for consideration. City staffhas struggled in applying current City <br />Ordinances to townhouse developments. The current codes date from the late 70s and do not <br />fully anticipate townhome plats. The Planning Commission and City Council is currently working <br />on revisions to City Code to better regulate townhome developments, but at this time we need to <br />apply current codes to the new townhouse developments. <br /> <br />Chapter 9.20.14 of City Code requires buildings to be setback 35 feet from the edge of public <br />right-of-way when located in the R3-U Zoning District. Eighty-Seven is requesting a 10-foot <br />variance to the front yard setback to allow them to put their units 25 feet from the edge of the <br />right-of-way. <br /> <br />In trying to bridge the gap from until formal adoption of new ordinances, the City has recently <br />adopted a new public/private street policy for multiple family residential developments. The <br />policy requires designs that utilize a main public street spine through the development with <br />driveway collectors extending off of the public street. With the adoption of a public/private road <br />policy for use within townhouse subdivision, many of the driveway accesses within a townhouse <br />plat will be onto public streets. In order to accommodate the 60-foot fight-of-way, the Planning <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />