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Report #78-I34 <br />June' 7 ~ 1978 <br />ew <br />REPORT TO THE :CITY COUNCIL <br />righton <br />Application for Variance <br />VN-185 <br />June 13, 1978 <br />.PURPOSE 7.50 PM <br />To consider request for variance to permit an accessory <br />building exceeding 200 square feet in area.: <br />BACKGROUND <br />Applicant: Gary & El-ten Huels»itz <br />Locations 2250 Mounds Ave. (see attached location map) <br />Zoning:, R-1, Single family <br />Comprehensive Plan (Draft): Single family. <br />Ordinance Regulations: Section 13-030 (b)` 2 <br />Accessory buildings, residential districts states <br />that no accessory building, other than a detached. <br />garage, may exceed two hundred (2.00) square feet <br />in area. <br />The applicants have partially constructed a storage shed and <br />enclosed patio. -The size of this accessory building, as noted <br />in the attached statement from the applicant is 12' x 30' or <br />3b0 square feet, which greatly .exceeds the size of accessory <br />buildings permitted. The site which-this accessory building <br />occupies was previously used for an older tin. shed and an <br />open air patio. <br />The applicants have addressed the warrants fora variance by <br />stating that the. present structure is more attractive, is an <br />improvement to the neighborhood, occupies less actual ground <br />.space than the old shed-open air patio, and is well screened <br />by. existing landscaping. <br />While the applicant's statements are true, it would appear <br />that the reasons given would mitigate or lessen the impact of <br />the variance but it is questionable whether they actually <br />provide warrants (i.e.,: unique circumstances, .undue hardship) <br />for the variance. If the variance were denied and the applicant <br />required to either remove or remodel the new shed-patio there <br />issued by -.City Manager <br />