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CASE REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM STREET FRONTAGE OR LOT WIDTH REQUIREMENTS; CASE OF BRUCE AND CAROL BUCHART By: Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik Background: Bruce and Carol Buchart are requesting a variance to the minimum lot width or street frontage requirement in order to build a home on a lot they purchased at 8110 173rd Avenue N.W. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Site location b) Site Plan c) Proposed Findings of Facts d) Proposed Variance Notification: In accordance with State statute, City Staff attempted to notify all owners of property within 350 feet of the Subject Property of the request for variance. Observations: As some of the Board members may recall, the Board of Adjustment approved a variance from the minimum street frontage requirement for this lot on July 7, 1998. However, no building permit was applied for within the one year time frame and the variance expired on July 7, 1999. The owner of the property applied for a renewal and the Board of Adjustment approved it on September 4, 2000. Again, no building permit was applied for within the one year time frame and the variance expired. The property has now been sold to Bruce and Carol Buchart and they are prepared to commence construction this year. The parcel is approximately 10 acres in size and is zoned R-1 Rural Residential. The surrounding parcels are also zoned for single family residential dwellings. City Code does not permit the development of a home on a lot that does not meet the minimum width requirements. City Code defines width as the amount of property that abuts the public road. In the rural residential district, the minimum lot width or street frontage requirement is 200 feet. The subject property abuts County Road #63 at, two locations; one measurement is 70 feet and the other is 150 feet. In total, the parcel has 220 feet of non-contiguous street frontage.