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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,May 19,2014 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Chair Leskinen closed the public hearing at 7:30 p.m. <br /> Leskinen asked what the size of the proposed garage is. <br /> Curtis indicated with the breezeway it is 48 square feet and that the garage itself is 38 square feet. <br /> Leskinen stated this is a straight forward application and that there is a practical difficulty given the <br /> winters in Minnesota. <br /> Landgraver moved,McGrann seconded,to recommend approval of Application No. 14-3665, <br /> Gladys McClendon on behalf of Orono Woodlands,Inc.,2100 Sixth Avenue North,granting of a <br /> side yard setback variance to construct a garage and enclosed breezeway subject to Staff's <br /> recommendations. VOTE: Ayes 7,Nays 0. <br /> 4. 14-3666 LUKE KUJAWA ON BEHALF OF EOF INVESTMENTS,LLC, 1440 AND 1442 <br /> SHORELINE DRIVE,REZONING, 7:32 P.M.—8:44 P.M. <br /> Luke Kujawa, Applicant, was present. <br /> Gaffron stated the applicants are requesting rezoning of two parcels at 1440 and 1442 Shoreline from LR- <br /> 1A, single-family residential,to B-2 commercial business. Staff did advise the applicants early on in their <br /> redevelopment process that a conceptual proposed site plan should be submitted in support of the <br /> rezoning request. Gaffron stated the Planning Commission should define what specific elements need to <br /> be addressed on the overall site. <br /> Because the two properties that are zoned residential are also guided in the Comprehensive Plan for <br /> residential use,the applicant will technically need to do a Comprehensive Plan Amendment, which is not <br /> part of this application. Gaffron stated in his view the site plan is merely conceptual at this point and that <br /> it is to generate some discussion for what would be appropriate uses for this site and the layout. <br /> The applicants now own all properties that have been associated in one way or another with the marina. <br /> On the marina site is an existing marina building and a parking lot next to it. The house at 1442 has been <br /> there for a number of decades and at one point in time used to contain a smaller pizza place, which was <br /> later converted into a bait shop. As early as the 1970s the City was looking at these two residential lots <br /> for parking for the marina. At that time the properties were under single ownership and parking on the <br /> two residential lots was approved by the City Council. In the 1980s,the City did a rezoning for the two <br /> pieces of 1440 and 1442 east of County Road 15. Also rezoned to B-2 at that time was the small <br /> lakeshore strip on Browns Bay east of 1432. <br /> Gaffron stated in 1989 portions of the marina zoned B-2 were approved for a total reconstruction that <br /> involved removal of all buildings and construction of the current main marina building at 1444 as well as <br /> the gazebo east of County Road 15. <br /> Currently the marina exists in nearly all respects as it was approved in 1989. It has gone through a <br /> number of ownership changes, and for a time the residential properties were owned via a separate LLC <br /> for the marina, all with one owner. At the present time all five parcels with ties to the marina use are <br /> owned in common by EOF Investments, LLC, and the two southerly parcels that make up 1444 are in the <br /> process of being combined per the recent approval conditions for the fuel storage facilities. <br /> Page 10 of 31 <br />