1. Section 502.02A Performance Residential Development Standards state that the building setback from the rear property line must be 20 feet, of the City of Auburn Zoning Ordinance

[1. Section 502.02A Performance Residential Development Standards state that the building setback from the rear property line must be 20 feet, of the City of Auburn Zoning Ordinance ]

OUR FIRST BUSINESS OF ORDER FOR TODAY.

>> SO THE FIRST ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A SEVEN FOOT SETBACK OR A 20 FOOT SETBACK AS REQUIRED. THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO SECTION 50202A OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE PERFORMANCE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, SPECIFICALLY SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED THE DWELLING UNITS WHERE THE STATES -- LET'S BE SETBACK 20 FEET FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 622 CALYPSO CIRCLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT HOUSING AND ZONING DISTRICT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE OF 13 FEET TO THE REQUIRED 20 FOOT REAR SETBACK. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A SCREEN PORCH THAT 12 BY 20 FEET, WHICH WOULD CREATE A SETBACK OF SEVEN FEET ON THE PROPERTY. THIS IS BECAUSE THE HOME IS SEEMINGLY ONLY BUILT 19 FEET FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE, SO INSTEAD OF IT BEING JUST 12 FOOT VARIANCE, IT IS A 13 FOOT VARIANCE REQUIRING A SEVEN FOOT SETBACK. THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN APPROVAL FROM THEIR ATRIAL WAY, AND THEIR ARCHITECTURE REVIEW COMMITTEE TOOK UP BUILD A, WHICH IS -- BUILDING PERMIT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE HARDSHIP THAT THE APPLICANT HAS STATED IS THAT THE WEATHER CAUSES IT'S EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS AND IT CAUSES THE DOOR TO ROT AND THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR TO RUST. IT IS FACING WEST OF THE REAR OF THE HOUSE IS FACING WEST, SO THE ELEMENTS ARE A FACTOR. THEY, GRANTING THE VARIANCE, THE APPLICANT STATED THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE TO PROTECT THEIR HOME FROM, FROM THE EROSION FROM WEATHER. THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT, AND I BELIEVE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR GIVE COMMENT ON IT WHEN ASKED, AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. >> ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS?

>> COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING THIS?

>> OH. YES. YES. SO I ASKED JUST ONE OF, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, REACHED OUT, AND JUST MORE FOR CLARITY, SINCE I SAW THE SIGN .

DIDN'T REALLY SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST. THEY JUST WANTED TO

KNOW WHAT THE SIGN WAS ABOUT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY BEHIND THE HOUSE? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP? SEE THE HOUSE DIRECTLY BEHIND IT. WHAT ABOUT THOSE? HAVE THEY TALKED TO ALL THOSE NEIGHBORS?

>> I GUESS THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK TO TALKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS. WE HAVE NOT COME OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE'VE NOT

RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATION. >> OKAY.

>> YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> I JUST CAN'T SEE -- THIS IS

A DUPLEX OR A HOUSE. -- >> I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE

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QUESTIONS FOR THE PLANNER. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? AND IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PLEASE STEP UP AND YOU CAN SIGN IN. OKAY. COME ON TO THE STADIUM, TO THE PODIUM. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT

FOOTBALL >> TOUGH TIMES RIGHT NOW, BUT

STILL. >> ALWAYS --

>> DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THIS?

>> HE PRETTY MUCH SUMMED IT UP. I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING -- OBVIOUSLY IT'S FOR, FOR OUR ENJOYMENT MORE THAN ANYTHING, AESTHETICALLY -- WE THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A NICE SCREENED IN PORCH ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOUSE. THE NEIGHBORS ON EACH SIDE OF US HAVE PORTRAYS, AND -- WE DO WANT TO SCREEN IT IN, MOSQUITOES, FLIES, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND JUST FOR PROTECTION FOR THE BACKSIDE OF OUR HOUSE, BECAUSE THAT DOOR DOES NEED REPLACING. IT'S RESTING AT THE BOTTOM. THE DOOR CASING ITSELF IS ROTTING. AND SO JUST PRESERVATION OF, OF OUR HOUSE AND PROPERTY ALSO. SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONSIDERATION, LETTING US, ALLOWING US TO DO THIS. NOBODY, ALL OUR NEIGHBORS THINK, OBVIOUSLY GOOD WITH IT IN OUR ATRIAL WAY -- JUST, JUST

NEED TO GET THE VARIANCE IN >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO HAVE YOU, UNDERSTANDING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING TO THE DOOR, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE A VARIANCE THAT COULD ALSO HAVE TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR HOME?

>> WELL, THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION OTHER THAN PUTTING SOME KIND OF, SOME KIND OF COVER OVER IT. OTHERWISE IT'S JUST GOING

TO BE EXPOSED. >> SO YOUR NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH, TO YOUR LEFT IF YOU'RE FACING YOUR HOUSE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEIR, THEIR STRUCTURE GOES RIGHT UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE.

DO THEY HAVE A PORCH ON THEIR HOUSE?

>> NORTH AND SOUTH, YES. THEY DO.

>> OKAY. BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE --

>> THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME TOO. >> IT'S REALLY CLOSE TO THE

LINE. >> THEY'VE GOT A, THE NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH GOT A VARIANCE. YEAH. SO, SO, SO I GUESS KIND OF -- I WILL, SO, SO YEAH. I GUESS IF YOU GUYS JUST WANT TO FINISH YOUR QUESTIONS, I'LL LET THE HEARING FINISH, AND THEN WE CAN TALK MORE JUST KIND OF ABOUT THE OTHER STUFF.

>> YOU'VE TALKED TO ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS AROUND YOU, THE FOUR NEIGHBORS AROUND YOU, IN THE HOA, THEY'RE GOOD WITH IT AS

WELL? OKAY. >> WHAT IS THERE NOW? ANYTHING?

>> THERE IS A LITTLE -- >> HAVE YOU CONSIDERED AT ALL -- ANY SMALLER, JUST SO IT WON'T -- THEY HAVE THE COVER BY NAME.

JUST KIDDING. ANYTHING , A SMALLER STRUCTURE, BY ANY CHANCE, THAT WOULD HELP OFFSET THAT? DO YOU REALLY, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND, THE WIDTH OF IT, I DON'T THINK, IS THE ISSUE, WITH THE 20 FEET ACROSS. BUT I THINK THE, THE DEPTH OF IT IS KIND OF WHERE THE, SOME OF THE -- I MEAN, YOU'D NEED A VARIANCE

REGARDLESS. >> YES.

>> CLEARLY, IT'S THAT 19 FEET. BUT YOU KNOW, I ALSO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, QUITE ENJOYMENT OF THE HOUSE, AND, AND I TOO HAVE A DOOR THAT LIKES TO ROT AND THAT'S EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENT, SO I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. DID YOU GET ANY THOUGHT AT ALL ABOUT POSSIBLY A SMALLER STRUCTURE?

>> I MEAN, WE COULD, WE COULD -- TWO FEET --

>> YEAH. >> THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ANY OTHER OPTION. I DON'T HAVE

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. IF NOT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN WE WOULD TURN IT OVER TO HEAR MORE ABOUT --

>> YEAH, SO, SO THIS IS JUST PERFORMANCE, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. REALLY, REALLY SMALL LOTS. I THINK THIS KIND OF SMALLER THAN 7500 SQUARE FEET. REALLY, AND I MEAN, WE KIND OF, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SETBACKS, SOME OF THESE ARE REALLY TIGHT -- IF IT'S OUTDOOR SPACE THAT THEY WANT, THAT THEY WANT TO RE-CREATE IN, THEY COULD, THEY COULD PUT A DETACHED STRUCTURE ENCROACH INTO THAT WOULD BE THE VARIANCE -- BE FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE BY SWITCHING EVEN BE CLOSER THEM,

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LIKE, THE SEVEN FEET THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. SO THE REAL THING HERE IS JUST A B IN CASH AND I THINK ALSO JUST MUCH MORE OF LIKE A DESIGN FUNCTION OF THE OF THE HOUSE. I GUESS I USED TO LIVE ON ANDERS, WHICH I GUESS IS ACROSS THE UD FROM HERE. SAME THING. I THINK A LOT OF, LIKE, 7000 SQUARE FEET, REALLY, REALLY SMALL. BUT PATIO SPACE, I GUESS, WAS THE OUTDOOR -- IN REALITY, IT LOOKED LIKE THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE THAT WAS CARVED OUT BUT WAS ACTUALLY OUTDOOR SPACE. IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF A FUNCTION OF DESIGN FOR THE HOUSE. I KNOW WE GET THESE REQUESTS A LOT, AND SO WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO ATTACH THINGS TO THE HOUSE, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THEY RUN INTO SETBACK ISSUES.

THEN THEY MUST CONFORM TO THE PRIMARY SETBACK ACCESSORY STRUCTURES HAVE MORE RELIEF, IT CAN GO UP TO FIVE FEET. SO IF THEY'RE ABLE TO PUT A GAZEBO, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE A BIT DIFFICULT, BECAUSE I GUESS FROM THE FENCING, EVERYTHING, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO BUY THE MATERIALS AND ACTUALLY TAKEN INTO THE BACKYARD AND CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN JUST KIND OF SET IT DOWN. SO I THINK ALSO JUST KIND OF FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE OPTIONS HERE. IF THEY WERE TO ENJOY THE DESIRE WAS TO ENJOY AND RE-CREATE OUTSIDE, IT JUST WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE. LIKE A PERMANENT STRUCTURE LIKE THAT IS ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE. I GUESS MAYBE SOMETHING. I'M NOT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL -- -- THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM,

ATTACHING IT TO THE STRUCTURE. >> HOW CLOSE CAN IT BE TO THE HOUSE BEFORE IT'S CONSIDERED NOT ATTACHED? LIKE AN INCH?

>> SO, SO I GUESS THERE ARE, SO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ARE ALSO REGULATED BY THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SO THERE IS, LIKE, REQUIRED DISTANCE. I THINK IT'S, LIKE, ANOTHER 10 FEET BEHIND THE HOUSE, FIVE FEET. -- JUST KIND OF ADHERING TO -- THEY'RE ABLE TO ENCROACH MORE ON SETBACKS -- -- THE WEATHER DETERIORATION.

WHEN THEY COULDN'T -- OF YOUR DOOR.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE HOUSE THAT'S IN THE NORTH, VARIANCE?

>> -- >> NO, NO REAL -- I GUESS THIS IS, THIS IS A DIRECT QUOTE OF THE FORMER BZA CHAIR. SEVERAL BZA CHAIRS AGO. NOT, NOT FROST. BUT HIS, EVEN IN A RECENT PREOP, HE IS VERY COMMITTED TO SEEING THE GRAY, AND FINDING A SOLUTION. THIS IS HIS OPINION OF THE RULES. SO I THINK, IN ALL OF THE PAST BZA, ALL OF THE PAST VARIANCES THAT WERE GRANTED, THAT'S KIND OF HIS, THAT'S HIS LENS ON IT. THAT IS HIS LENS. HE SAID THAT AT THE DAIS. IF YOU ASKED HIM ABOUT IT, THAT'S WHAT HE'LL SAY. I DON'T THE TALKING OUT OF TURN OR ANYTHING. SO I THINK ON THE VARIANCES, STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, WOULD NOT BE A HARD TRIP. YOU REALLY JUST HAVE THE DECISION OF, YOU CAN'T ATTACH IT, YOU CANNOT ATTACH IT. IF YOU DO ATTACH IT, THAT IT REQUIRES VARIANCE. BUT REALLY JUST KIND OF FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU -- PERFORMANCE SUBDIVISION LIKE THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW. SMALLER LOTS. YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO DO THIS. AND, LIKE I SAID, IN THE PAST, THE BZA WAS A LITTLE MORE PERMISSIVE ON SOME THINGS, AND THEY PROBABLY SHOULD'VE BEEN. BUT.

>> AND WE WERE SCOUTED. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SOMEONE WANTING TO -- OH, I'M SORRY. I CLOSED THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? ANYONE WANT TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE, BZ 202-5008

>> WILL FAULKNER? >> YES.

>> MARY BOYD? >> YES.

>> EMMY SORRELLS? >> YES.

>> LATICIA SMITH? >> NO.

>> MARTY HEFFREN? 29 >> THE PAST.

[2. Section 511.03 (J), Accessory Use Limitations requires the total floor area of all accessory structures be limited to fifty (50) percent of the floor area of the principal structure, in the City of Auburn Zoning Ordinance ]

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT, SO OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS BZA 2025 010.

>> >> GOOD EVENING.

>> WE CAN SEE. >> OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY. SO OUR NEXT CASE IS A REQUEST TO ALLOW A VARIANCE TO THE ALLOWED MAXIMUM 50% TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES TO BE OVER THE 50% OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE'S AREA. MOST COMMONLY KNOWN AS SECTION 511.0 3J IN THE CITY OF AUBURN ZONING ORDINANCE.

THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS LOCATED AT 732 MERCER CIRCLE, AND IS LOCATED IN THE CORNER REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT EAST. SO KIND OF LOOKING AT THE PROX MAP HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON MERCER CIRCLE, WHICH IS OFF AND NORTH

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OF DEAN ROAD , RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS THE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE THE KROGER IS. SO IF Y'ALL EVER SHOPPED THERE, I'M SURE Y'ALL WALK ON BY THERE. THIS IS KIND OF JUST THE GENERAL LOCATION OF WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS. THIS IS A SURVEY OF THE SUBJECT HOUSE. I INCLUDED IT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FLORIO CALCULATIONS THAT WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC CALCULATIONS ON.

THAT'S WHY I WASN'T INCLUDING IT IN THE VARIANCE REQUEST. BUT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED US A SURVEY. I THANK THEM VERY MUCH FOR COOPERATING ON THAT. WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS A WOODWORKING GARAGE THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO BUILD. THEY'RE REQUESTING, THE APPLICATION IS LOOKING AT BUILDING AROUND 960 SQUARE FEET FURTHER GARAGE. IT'S JUST A HOBBY THAT THE APPLICANT LOVES DOING, AND THEY WANT TO BUILD A GARAGE ACCORDINGLY TO CONTINUE THEIR HOBBY. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. THERE IS ALSO A SHED. THAT'S WHY I'M INCLUDING THE SURVEY RIGHT HERE IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS PROVIDED.

THE APPLICANT HAS NOT STATED THAT THE SHED WILL BE REMOVED OR IS GOING TO BE STILL THERE AFTER THE PROPOSED SITE, BUT THE SHED ITSELF, OR THE NEW GARAGE, IS GOING TO BE LOCATED ABOUT RIGHT HERE NEXT TO THE SHED, WHICH IS ABOUT LESS THAN FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THE CURRENT SHED, SO WE DO HAVE ANOTHER STIPULATION ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT SAYS NO ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CAN BE NEXT TO ANOTHER ONE THAT'S LESS THAN FIVE FEET AWAY OR 10 FEET FROM THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AS WELL.

THAT'S JUST MISCELLANEOUS RIGHT THERE. BUT PRETTY MUCH THE DISCUSSION AROUND THIS PROPERTY IS THE APPLICANT WANTS TO BUILD 960 SQUARE FOOT SHED, WHICH IS, THIS IS WHAT THE RENDERINGS OF IT. YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOT TWO GARAGE DOORS, IT'S GOT A SECOND FLOOR. I KNOW, I THINK THE FLOOR PLAN SAYS, THE FIRST FLOOR IS GOING TO BE A GARAGE, AS WELL AS OFFICE STORAGE AND A BATH ON THE SECOND FLOOR THEIR CURRENT SQUARE FOOTAGE -- WHICH ALLOWS ABOUT, LET'S SAY 623 SQUARE FEET OF AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT OTHER OPTIONS TO BUILD SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. THEY CAN GET ABOUT 600 IF THEY'RE WANTING 960 ALREADY.

AND SINCE THIS APPLICANT IS ZONED C RDE, WHICH DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER LOT SIZES, AND IT IS IN A MORE, LITTLE BIT OF AN URBAN AREA, WE TYPICALLY DON'T SEE THESE LARGER ACCESSORY STRUCTURES PERMITTED BECAUSE OF THE SMALL LOT SIZE.

IT'S NOT REALLY SO MUCH ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE SMALL LOT SIZE AND DENSITY AND THE CLOSEST TO DOWNTOWN. SO. AND WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND I DO BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE, SO.

>> WE DID NOT HAVE A SITE PLAN, CORRECT?