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DEPARTMENT REPORT
JUNE 23,2014
1. (V) Morse Pool Setback,Woods at Williams Creek, Lot 24.
The applicant seeks the following development standards variance approval for a new pool:
Docket No. 14050018 V ZO CH: 25.01.01.C.8.a.iii: 3 ft Min Pool Setback from Easement, pool
deck requested in easement.
The site is located at 485 Wetherby Lake Drive. It is zoned S-1/ROSO III. The minimum setback from an
easement for a pool is 3 feet and the petitioner is requesting the pool deck encroach into the drainage and
utility easement by 4.5 feet. Filed by Karla Schlichte& Eric Morse, owner.
' 1...4- General Info:
m. The petitioner seeks approval to have a pool's
141st STREET decking/concrete encroach into the rear yard
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easement. The proposed pool will be 15'x40'.
a A small amount of concrete will encroach into the
I. a .III, 4 - • , r +' 15-ft wide rear yard drainage&utility easement by
►; I s .•, 1 4.5 feet. Please see the petitioner's informational opt t
.42" p .M packet for more detail this variance request.
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�" ' t o Analysis:
" . :: Zoning Ordinance Chapter 25 states the following
2 for swimming pool setbacks:
I z a. Minimum Side and Rear Yard Setbacks. A
1 ' om. swimming pool, hot tub, or its deck or equipment
r 1!+ r V " shall be set back a minimum of the greater of the
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. ► =' i. Ten (10) feet from the Side and/or Rear Lot
.� - t• - ' Line,
ii. the Minimum Side and/or Rear Setback for
` I • ? the zoning district,or
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iii. Easement plus three (3) feet, but not within
any Easement or required landscaped or greenbelt area.
While the concrete decking will encroach into the easement,no pool equipment,piping, limestone coping, or other parts
of the pool will encroach into the easement. The City Engineering Dept. supports this encroachment into the easement, if
the grade(elevation)of the easement is not changed in any manner by the project and its construction.
The Department is in support of this variance.
Petitioner's Findings of Fact:
Please refer to the petitioner's information packet for their Findings of Fact.
Recommendation:
The Dept.of Community Services recommends approval of Docket No. 14050018 V with the condition of a variance
being obtained from the Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety(BPW)to allow improvements in the easement.
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