Side & Frontyard Variance1
October 24, 1984
Case No: 84 -36
Applicant: Louis Gainsley
Location: 428 Cottage Downs
Request: Side yard and yard variance
STAFF FINDINGS & COMMENTS: Anderson
1. Applicant is proposing to construct a 16 x 25 foot addition to an existing
home at 428 Cottage Downs, an R -1 -D District.
2. The proposed addition will be approximately 9 feet from the side yard and
approximately 21 feet from the front yard. Ordinance 427.31 requires in
an R -1 -D district a side yard setback of 10 feet and a front yard setback
of 35 feet. A variance of l foot is needed for the side yard and 14 feet
for the front yard.
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3. Ordinance 427.23(3) states a variance be granted in cases where literal
enforcement of the ordinance would cause undue hardship to the owner due
to circumstances unique to the property in question. The applicant has
stated that he needs the variance because the home is angled on the lot.
4. The site of the proposed addition is approximately 16,000 square feet.
Ordinance 427.07 makes the site a legal lot. However, the minimum re-
quired lot size for a lot if it were platted in an R -1 -D District today
is 20,000 square feet.
5. The neighbors were contacted and have no objections to the addition. The
closet homes are located approximately 60 and 90 feet away from the subject
site.
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