Correspondence EL(c)00,5 00 gcl9
February 28, 2006 CITY OF TIGARD
OREGON
Mr. Todd Ecklert
12640 SW 111th Place
Tigard, OR 97223
Mr. Ecklert
Your representative, Chris Strange of Vanguard Electric, requested two separate electrical
meters at 10960 SW Errol Street
Please be advised that by your request and building plans, the shop is an attached structure
to the dwelling unit on the property. The shop is attached by a covered breezeway, making
it part of the principal structure. The attachment allowed construction of a shop you
desired_ Since the shop is considered a part of the principal structure, only one electric
meter is permitted.
Under TMC 18.120.030.A.4, an accessory building is defined as a "freestanding structure
incidental and subordinate to the main use of property located on the same lot as the main
use." Also, under TMC 18.510.060.A.1, accessory structures are permitted in all residential
zones, but are limited to 528 square feet on parcels less than 2.5 acres. The shop, therefore,
is not an accessory structure by definition. It is part of the principal structure and could not
have been constructed as an accessory structure at the size that it is.
It was your choice to construct a shop facility of 2400 square feet It could only be built by
attaching it to the principal structure. It is, therefore, part of the dwelling unit and one
electric meter is all that is permitted.
Sincerely,
9,
TOM COFFEE
Community Development Director
13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 (503) 639 -4171 TDD (503) 684 -2772