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Memorandum
To: Anne Marie Skinner, Senior Planner
From: Brent Orton, Assistant City Engine
Tim King, Engineering Tech II
Re: Case No. VAR-36-08 520 Betty Adams
Date: August 29, 2008
The Engineering Department provides the following comment on a request by Betty Adams for a
variance of the rear yard setback from 15 feet to 5 feet.
Easements
1. The applicant shall demonstrate to the City that no recorded easements are present within
the proposed rear yard setback reduction area.
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Anne Marie. Skinner
From:
Dennis C. Wilson
Sent:
Friday, August 29, 2008 12.58 PM
To:
Anne Marie. Skinner
Cc: Doug Brown
Subject: VAR-36-08
VAR-36-08
Friday, August 29, 2008
12:24 PM
Anne Marie, I visited this vacant lot Thursday and talked to the owners regarding the Manufactured
Home they have purchased for this piece of property. After reviewing this lot/ building situation I
believe many interests would be well served by approving this variance request. The increased
separation between the existing neighbor's house and the proposed unit would not only be an
esthetic benefit but a vital life -safety benefit. Various existing structures on 6th Avenue are
already situated about as close to the street as this proposed variance would allow, especially the
lot just across the street from this location. Exhibit 1AZ is the latest and most desirable placement
of the home, submitted by Mr. Ed Aitchison to me (since he saw me in the window and you were
out..... dimensions not verified). Good luck and have a nice meeting. Dennis.
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SECTION R302
EXTERIOR WALL LOCATION
R302.1 Exterior walls. Construction, projections, openings
and penetrations of exterior walls of dwellings and accessory
buildings shall comply with Table R302.1 These provisions
Shall not apple to walls, projection~. opening~ or penetrations
in walls that are perpendicular to the line used to determine the
fire separation distance. Projections beyond the exterior wall
shall not extend more than 12 inches �305 tnm) into the areas
where openings are prohibited.
Exceptions:
1. Detached tool sheds and storage sheds, playhouses
and similar structures exempted from permits are not
required to provide wall protection based on location
on the lot Projectionc beyond the exterior wall shall
not extend over the lot line.
2 Detached garages accessory io a & eiling located
within 2 feet (610 mm) of a lot line are permitted to
have roof eave projections not exceeding 4 inches
(102 nim'..
3. Foundation vents installed in compliance with this
:,ode are permitted.
SECTION R303
LIGHT, VENTILATION AND HEATING
R303.1 Habitable rooms. All habitable rooms shall have an
aggregate glazing area of not lese than 8 percent of the floor
area of such rooms. Natural ventilation shall be through win-
dows. doors. louvers or other approved openings to the outdoor
air. Such openings shall be provided with ready access or shall
otherwise be readily controllable by the building occupants.
The minimum operable area to the outdoors shall be 4 percent
of the floor area being ventilated.
Exceptions:
1. The 21ared areas need not be openable where the
opening is not required by Section R310 and an
approved mechanical ventilation system capable of
producing 0.35 air change per hour in the room is
installed or a whole -house mechanical ventilation
system is installed capable of supplying outdoor ven-
tilation air of 15 cubic feet per minute (cfni) (78 Us)
per occupant computed on the basis of two occupants
for the first bedroom and one occupant for each addi-
tional bedroom.
2. The glazed areas need not be installed in rooms where
Exception I above is satisfied and artificial light is pro-
vided capable of producing an average illumination of
6 footcandles (65 lux) over the area of the room at a
height of 30 inches (762 mm) above the floor level.
3. use of sun room additions and patio covers. as defined in
Section R202. shall be permitted for natural ventilation
if in excess of 40 percent of the exterior sunroom walls
are open, or are enclosed only by insect screening.
R303.2 Adjoining rooms. For the purpose of determining
light and ventilation requirements, any room shall be consid-
ered as a portion of an adjoining room when at least one-half of
the area of the common wall is open and unobstructed and pro-
vides an opening of not less than one -tenth of the floor area of
the interior room but not less than 25 square feet (2.3 m=).
Exception: Openings required for light and/or ventilation
shall be permitted to open into a thermally isolated sunroom
addition or patio cover. provided that there is an openable
area between the adjoining room and the sunroom addition
or patio cover of not less than one tenth of the floor area of
the interior room but not less than 20 square feet (2 m=)- The
minimum openable area to the outdoors shall be based upon
the total floor area beincy ventilated.
R303.3 Bathrooms. Bathrooms. water closet compartments
and other similar rooms shall be provided with aggregate glaz-
ing area in windows of not less than 3 square feet (0.3 m'),
one-half of which must be openable.
Exception: The glazed areas shall not be required where arti-
ficial light and a mechanical ventilation system are provided.
The minimum ventilation rates shall be 50 cubic feet per min-
ute (24 Us; for intermittent ventilation or 20 cubic feet per
minute (10 Us) for continuous ventilation Ventilation air
from the space shall be exhausted directly to the outside.
TABLE R302.1
EXTERIOR WALLS
`MINIMUM
EXTERIOR WALL ELEMENT I I FIRE -RESISTANCE RATING
(Fir'e-resistance rated) I hour with exposure froin both siu.,
(Not tire -resistance rated) 0 hours
(Fire -resistance ra(ed)
• Projections --- � —
(Not fire -resistance rated
Not alloAi,d
Openings _ 35% lvtaximam of Wall Area
I hour on the underside
0 hours
NIA
0 hours
unlimited 0 hours
_ Comply with Section R317.3
--- Pene[rations Al] ------ i None required —
NIA = Noi Applicable.
2006 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE®
MINIMUM FIRE
SEPARATION DISTANCE
,. feet
5 feet
4 feet-
-5 feet _
—w�< 3 feet
3 feet
5 feet
< 5 feet
5 feet