Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/04/2001

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CASE REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO EXCEED ACCESSORY BUILDING HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS; CASE OF JEFF WELLE By: Patrick Trudgeon, Principal Planner Background: The City received an application from Jeff Welle for a conditional use permit to exceed the detached accessory building height restrictions established in City Code on the property located at 15351 Ute St. NW. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Site location map b) Site plan c) Letter from the Applicant d) Construction plan e) Pictures of property f) Proposed findings of fact g) Proposed conditional use permit Notification: State statute requires notification of the public hearing to property owners within 350 feet of the subject property. Staff sent out notices to all property owners within 350 feet. Observations: The subject property is approximately 2.5 acres in size and is located within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). City Code restricts detached accessory buildings to sixteen (16) feet in height if the property is located within the MUSA area. The applicant is requesting to construct a detached accessory building that would be 27' in height, which results in a 11' deviation from City Code. The applicant would like to exceed the 16-foot height restriction in order to construct a detached accessory building that closely matches the height of the existing residence. Under City Code, a 2.5 acre parcel can have up to 2,064 square feet of accessory building space. The proposed building will be 1,080 square foot (30'x36') in size. Coupled with the existing garage (980 sq. fi.), the applicant will have 2,060 sq. ft. in accessory buildings. Therefore, the applicant will not exceed the maximum allowable square footage for accessory buildings. The detached accessory structure will be constructed on a floating concrete slab, will have 12- foot side walls, a 10/12 roof pitch, a 18'xl0'foot overhead door, and exterior wall materials will consist of lap vinyl siding that will match the house exterior. The accessory building will closely match the height of the existing attached garage. The Applicant has stated that the detached accessory building will be utilized for personal storage.