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Posted: May 22, 2025
Rapid City
Agenda Item Summary

Agenda Item Ref. #: 25UR012 - Skylines Pines Subdivision

Agenda Item Title:

25UR012 - Conditional Use Permit to allow an oversized garage

Origination Group:
Planning Commission
Origination Meeting Date:
05/22/2025
Petitioner:
TJ Wojtanowicz for Joshua Kolz
Staff Contact:
Cassie Hayes, Current Planner II
Location:
3319 Skyline Drive
Agenda Item Summary:
(This item was continued from the April 24, 2025 and May 8, 2025 Planning Commission meetings). The applicant has submitted a Conditional Use Permit to allow an oversized garage on the property located at 3319 Skyline Drive in the Park Forest District (PF). The property is comprised of 10.13 acres and currently contains a single-family dwelling with an attached 3-car garage measuring 910 square feet in size. The applicant is proposing to construct a 40-foot by 46-foot (1,840-square-foot) detached garage on the subject property. The proposed garage will be constructed southeast of the existing dwelling with 2 double-car garage doors and access will be extended from the existing driveway. The applicant has indicated the garage will be used for personal hobbies and storage of personal vehicles, boats, and ATVs. The proposed garage will be constructed to match the building materials of the existing single-family dwelling and the dwelling will be painted to match the color scheme of the garage, which appears to be a combination of white with earth-tone accents, a stone front, and dark brown garage doors. The proposed garage is not intended to be used for commercial purposes or as a second residence. Historically, the Planning Commission has required that oversized garages be recessed behind the dwelling. The topography of the property slopes steeply downhill from east to west, which substantially limits the buildable area and does not support additional development on the lot. The location of the proposed detached garage is southeast of the existing dwelling, placing the garage closer to the street than the dwelling and approximately 20 feet higher in elevation. The size and placement of the proposed garage will make the structure prominently visible on the property and dominant from the street view. In response to discussion at the April 24, 2025 Planning Commission meeting and in an effort to mitigate the concern for additional development on the property, the applicant submitted a revised site plan demonstrating that the proposed detached garage will be moved south to recess the structure further behind an existing hill and tree line along Skyline Drive and lessen the street view impact. The detached garage must meet the minimum required 40-foot side yard setback in accordance with the area regulations of the Park Forest District per §17.08.040.B.2 of the Rapid City Municipal Code. In addition, the applicant has stated that the proposed garage will be cut into the hill to lower the elevation approximately 10 feet in relation to the single-family dwelling to further minimize the visual impact. Existing mature trees on the property will provide minimal screening of the proposed detached garage to adjacent properties and the street. The proposed garage will be screened from the street view by a hill when traveling north on Skyline Drive. In response to discussion at the April 24, 2025 Planning Commission meeting, the applicant submitted a revised site plan and revised renderings showing that trees will be planted along both sides of the driveway extending to the proposed garage and also on the north side of the existing driveway to the single-family dwelling to provide screening of the garage when traveling south on Skyline Drive. In addition, the applicant submitted revised elevation drawings indicating that the design of the proposed detached garage will incorporate residential and architectural features, including windows, an awning on the front to provide a varied roofline, stone accents on the entirety of the front façade, and color variations consistent with the residential character of the property and in harmony with the colors of the surrounding landscape. Per Rapid City Municipal Code (RCMC) §17.04.315, the cumulative size of private garages, including any building, structure, or part of a main building that is dedicated to parking, storage, or a permitted accessory use, cannot exceed 30% of the size of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit without the approval of a Conditional Use Permit in accordance with RCMC §17.08.030.J. Per building permit records, the existing dwelling unit has a gross floor area of 5,521 square feet, meaning the cumulative size of garage space cannot exceed 1,656 square feet. The existing 3-car attached garage measures approximately 910 square feet and the proposed detached garage measures 1,840 square feet for a total of 2,750 square feet of cumulative storage and garage space. The proposed detached garage exceeds the maximum allowed size of 30% of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit by 1,094 square feet.

Funding Source & Fiscal Impact (if applicable):

Funding Cost Center

Recommendations:

Origination Recommendation Action:
Continue
Origination Recommendation Notes:
The Planning Commission determined that the proposed garage meets the design criteria for an oversized garage pursuant to Rapid City Municipal Code §17.08.030.J and the criteria for a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Rapid City Municipal Code §17.54.030.E, and approved with the stipulations in Project Report.; Staff recommends continuing to the May 22, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting;
Published in 2025 - PL Agenda Items

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