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Planning panel approves 5-foot setback for garage at 1301 Roland Lane
Summary
The Mitchell planning board approved a variance allowing a 5-foot side setback for a proposed attached garage at 1301 Roland Lane after the applicant agreed to the city's easement limit and public works advised against approving a 3-foot encroachment into a utility easement.
The Mitchell Planning Commission voted to approve a variance for an attached garage at 1301 Roland Lane, granting a 5-foot side-yard setback instead of the 3 feet the applicant requested.
The variance request was presented to the commission as an application to build a 28-by-32-foot attached garage at the rear of the property with access off North Foster Street. Planning staff said the parcel is zoned R-3 (medium-density residential) and that neighbors had been notified; the staff packet included one letter of support and one opposing letter that did not make the packet.
Applicant Morris Hartman told the commission he had sought a 3-foot setback because he plans a 28-foot addition to the house and wanted the garage to align with an existing offset on other sides of the property. Staff and a public works representative noted a 5-foot utility easement along the south property line; the public works representative recommended not approving any structure within that easement. Hartman said he could accept a 5-foot setback and that a gas line near the house would need to be moved if the project proceeded.
Commission members discussed overhangs and how a 5-foot setback combined with a 24-inch roof overhang would affect the finished distance from the nearest building. After discussion, a motion to approve the variance with the amended 5-foot setback passed by voice vote.
The commission did not record a roll-call tally in the minutes; the motion was announced as carried.
The approval clears the conditional-planning step; any required utility relocations and building permits remain subject to standard departmental review and approvals.
