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COUNCIL ACTION SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 4123113
Agenda Item #: 37
SUBJECT: Common Lot Line Shared Garages
ACTION TAKEN: Directed staff to prepare a text amendment pertaining to common lot line
shared garages including limitations, as follows:
1. Shared common lot line garages and accessory structures should only be permitted
for lots in which an existing common lot line garage or accessory structure exists,or
on lots where substantial proof can be submitted showing that a shared common lot
line garage or accessory structure had previously existed.
2. The structure should not be allowed in the front yard or within the side-yard setback
adjacent to the public right-of-way in the case of corner lots.
3. In the case of a corner lot, a garage or accessory building should be set back a
minimum of 25 feet from the abutting streets.
4. A detached garage or accessory building on a lot with a one-story principal building
should not exceed the height of the principal building.
5. Detached garage or accessory buildings on a lot with a principal building that is taller
than one story should not exceed 80% of the height of the principal building or 20
feet, whichever is lower.
6. The structure should not exceed a maximum of 1,200 square feet shared between the
two properties.
7. The cumulative garage door width should not exceed 18 feet per lot.Doors less than
eight feet in width, such as for lawn and garden equipment, would be exempt from
this requirement.
8. There is an agreement between the two owners on the reconstruction,maintenance,
and shared costs pertaining to the garage and that evidence of such an agreement be
shown to City staff.
MOTION BY: Orazem
SECOND BY: Goodman
VOTING AYE: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem, Szopinski, Wacha
VOTING NAY: None
ABSENT: None
By: Diane Voss, City Clerk
Electronic Copy to: Bob Kindred, Acting Director of Planning and Housing
Karen Marren, Planner