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Dane County Board of Adjustment Minutes Page 2 of 16 September 25,2008 (7) The temporary variance shall be effective from November 15, 2008 to January 31, 2009, inclusive. VARIANCE REQUESTED: Purpose: Allow temporary construction crane for proposed 6-story hotel project in the City of Madison and Dane County Regional Airport Height Limitation Zone. Maximum Height Variance: Maximum elevation Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL) permitted in the Airport Height Limitation Zone (AHLZ): 1009 feet AMSL (103 feet above grade (AG)) Maximum elevation of proposed temporary tower construction crane: 1032 feet AMSL (126 foot (AG)) VARIANCE NEEDED: 23 feet. IN FAVOR: Dennis Sweeney, Madison CS Hospitality, Waterloo, WI OPPOSED: None ZONING ADMINSTRATOR'S RECOMMENDATION: No objection, no recommendation from Zoning Administrator Roger Lane, as reported by Assistant Zoning Administrator Schutte. Motion: Hamre/Reynolds to grant a variance of 23 feet from the maximum elevation allowed in the Dane County Regional Airport Height Limitation Zone, with Conditions 1) through 7) as presented in a Dane County Regional Airport letter dated 09/18/2008, to permit a temporary construction crane with maximum elevation of 1032 AMSL (126 foot tall crane) for a proposed 6-story hotel project. Finding of Fact: 1. The owners have obtained an early start building permit from the City of Madison for a 6-story, 121-room Cambria Suites Hotel in the American Center in the City of Madison (unknown commercial zoning); construction requires a temporary tower crane through 01/31/2008. 2. The site is located in the Dane County Regional Airport Height Limitation Zone (AHLZ), with maximum height allowed at this location of 1009 AMSL (Above Mean Sea Level). 3. An 8/19/2008 "FAA Determination of No Hazard to Air Navigation" was submitted for the file by the applicant. The maximum height of the proposed crane is shown as 1032 feet AMSL (apparently "rounded up" using 906 feet AMSL as site grade elevation and 126 feet as maximum height of proposed crane). FAA approval does not require "marking or lighting." 4. The agent explained that the tower crane is the only safe way to build the hotel, due to the adjacent detention pond and roads. A non-tower crane would be unstable under these conditions. The finished height of the hotel will not exceed the maximum allowed in the AHLZ. 5. The tower crane will be needed for approximately 60 days, and will be used at the near horizontal position during construction. Information provided by the crane operator explains that the use of this type of tower crane is "the safest and most efficient method...all other methods create unsafe lifting situations putting all job site workers and passers-by at unnecessary risk for injury." 6. Rodney Knight's 09/18/2008 letter from the Dane County Regional Airport Additional mentioned the retention pond associated with the Cambria Suites hotel project would not present wildlife attractant issues since the hotel is not to be situated under runway approach or departure paths. Conclusions: 1) Unnecessary Hardship: Compliance with Ordinance requirements would be unnecessarily burdensome for a use permitted in the City of Madison, subject to the Airport Conditions. 2) Unique Limitations of the Property: The detention pond and roads located near the construction site prevent the safe use of any shorter type of construction crane. 3) No Harm to Public Interests: All required permits (FAA, WDOT) have been obtained, and the applicant is willing to abide by the requested Conditions from the Dane County Regional Airport. Motion carried: 5 —0, by a roll call vote. 2. Appeal 3540. Appeal by Jerome & Diana Rekowski (Terry Temple, Temple Construction, Inc., agent) for variances from minimum required lot width at the building setback line and minimum required lot area for an existing substandard platted lot in the Shoreland District, as provided by Sections 11.03(1) and 10.05(4), Dane County Code of Ordinances, to permit new single-family residence at 2202 Colladay Point Drive, being Lot 8, Colladay's Point, Section 23, Town of Dunn.