Wow you guys rock some really sound advice in here!
Okay here is beta1 of the variance check it out.
Here is another drawing of the plan Dark purple is the area I need a variance and light purple is allowable by the building code.
Yes due to the following reasons:
1. New city street sweeping citations that are issued when vehicles are parked in front of my house.
2. City trees continually drop branches that fall on all three of my vehicles. One caused severe damaged with which I resisted filing a city claim and paid out of pocket. I was notified in the middle of the night of this occurrence by the ****** Police Department.
3. Two of my car windows have been smashed from foreign objects and or vandalism while parking on **** Street and **** street locations in front of my house. The security aspect of having all three vehicles garaged at all times is a DIRE concern of mine.
4. No covered parking on property purchased from past foreclosure.
5. Limited parking from recreational usage of the **** Street for access to Mt Rubidoux. **** Street has more traffic, and is where more of the branches from city trees and damage to my vehicles from foreign objects or vandalism have occurred. This is another DIRE security concern of mine.
Yes due to the following circumstances:
1. City zoning ordinance permits building garage marked by red arrow below. This allows construction of the square footage I am requesting.
2. Due to the two foot grade elevation difference, between ***** Street and existing house, it is impractical to place an attached garage in the location shown by the red arrow below. The driveway slope will be too steep and therefore unnecessary damage to vehicles will incur when pulling in and out.
3. Secondly due to the shape of the proposed structure below it would also be difficult to pull in and out of the 14 foot wide garage door. The shape would also cause difficulty in maneuvering to allow for three cars.
Solution:
- Allow requested variance in dark purple area below.
- Dark purple area next to green arrow is the requested variance.
- The proposed garage square footage marked by the problem area in red will still be achieved in the new proposed garage square footage marked by the solution area in green.
No due to the following reasons:
1. Current alleyway is covered with trash and overgrowth.
2. Siding on newly constructed garage will model current house.
3. Roof will be incorporated with a hip roof that matches the house.
Neighbors all agree, of the positive enrichment to the area.
No due to improving the esthetic view of the garaged that matches the existing properties siding style and hipped roof pattern.
Additionally while reviewing the district & buildings website it was found that “Sidewalks characterize the area and driveway cuts are minimal, tending to be narrow with historic curb returns.” (1) From this it is easy to understand why it is necessary to build Garages that “are predominately detached and located to the rear of the properties, with most accessed via unpaved alleys.” (1)
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http://olmsted.mycity.gov/historic/dist_mtp.aspx?dky=39
By allowing this variance to build a garage in the rear portion of the property with alley access, instead of an attached garage with drive access from **** Street pictured below, I am more in compliance with the direction of the General Plan.
