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Dane County Board of Adjustment Minutes Page 6 of 15 June 28,2007 3. No Harm to Public Interests: Variance preserves existing structure, achieves more compliance, including reduced request for relief based on smaller deck. Motion carried: 5 — 0. Motion: Schulz/Long to grant variances to minimum lot width and minimum lot area in the Shoreland district to achieve compliance. Motion carried: 5 — 0. 4. Appeal 3481. Appeal by Gregory Riemer for variances from minimum lot area and maximum lot coverage in the Shoreland district as provided by Sections 11.03(1) and 10.05(4), Dane County Code of Ordinances, to permit proposed detached residential garage at 2038 Catlin Place, being Lots 14, 15 and 16 and the southerly 2 feet of Lot 13 Block 6, Lake Forest, Section 34, Town of Madison. COMMUNICATIONS: May 7, 2007 Letter from Rick Rose, Director of Public Works, Town of Madison, indicating that Reimer informed the Town of his variance appeal, and stating that "[t]he Town Plan Commission and Town Board will consider this variance request prior to the [BOA] Public Hearing date." June 5, 2007 Letter from Rose at Town of Madison, confirming approval of Reimer's variance request at the 05/31/2007 Plan Committee meeting and the 06/04/2007 Town Board meeting. VARIANCE REQUESTED: Needs variance of 3260 square feet from minimum 15,000 SF lot area required in the Shoreland district. (Actual lot area = 11,740 square feet.) IN FAVOR: Gregory Riemer OPPOSED: None Motion: Klopp/Reynolds to grant variance of 3,260 square feet from the minimum 15,000 square feet of lot area required in the Shoreland district for sewered lots to permit construction of a new detached garage. Finding of Fact: 1. Riemer owns a property with his single-family residence, consisting of 3 full lots and a narrow strip of a fourth lot in the Lake Forest subdivision, platted in 1919. The total lot area is 11,740 SF, with more than 100 feet of lot width on the Martin Street and the Catlin Place sides of the corner lot. The property is in the Shoreland district, 700+- feet south of the Lagoon connected by Murphy's Creek to Lake Wingra. 2. Riemer proposes to build a detached garage on his westernmost lot. When he discussed this with Zoning Division staff last fall, he was required to record a Deed Restriction approved by the Zoning Administrator combining all the individual lots and parts of lots for Zoning purposes, because the R-3A Residential district does not permit an accessory building on a separate lot without a house. 3. After experiencing some delays related to Zoning Division policies, Reimer recorded the necessary Deed Restriction; he decided to wait until early 2007 to obtain the Zoning Permit for the detached garage. In the interim, the Board of Adjustment took action on Appeal 3437. As a result, Reimer's previously "grandfathered" lots must meet the minimum lot area requirement of the R-1 Residential district, rather than the less restrictive requirements of the R-3A district. 4. Reimer's lots meet the minimum 100 feet lot width requirement for a sewered lot and his proposed house and garage will apparently meet the maximum 35% lot coverage for a corner lot. However, his