10/20/2014 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday,October 20,2014 6:30 o'clock p.m. Schoenzeit moved,Lemke seconded,to recommend approval of Application No. 14-3693, Streeter &Associates,on behalf of Robert Brook and Sharon Quinn, 1165 Ferndale Road West, granting of a conditional use permit for grading and fill within the 100-year floodplain and granting of lot area, lot width,side street setback, and hardcover variances subject to Staff recommendations,with the understanding that no structural coverage variance is required. VOTE: Ayes 7,Nays 0. 6. #14-3694 PETER RENNEBOHM,4565 BAYSIDE ROAD,PRELIMINARY PLAT,9:01 P.M.—9:30 P.M. Peter Rennebohm,Applicant, was present. Curtis stated before the Planning Commission tonight is a proposed subdivision of a 10-plus acre property into two buildable lots. The proposal is in conformity with the guiding for the area,which is single family rural residential,with a maximum density of one unit per two acres. The proposed development generally conforms to the two-acre dry buildable area,200-foot width standards of the RR-1B District and it is consistent with the surrounding neighborhood. The property is situated to the south of Bayside Road,otherwise known as County State Aid Highway 84. Septic testing has been conducted and the site evaluations have been approved by the City. Proposed Lot 1 will have 2.24 acres dry land and a third of an acre of a wetland that straddles the proposed common lot line. This lot is proposed to have approximately 389 feet of frontage along Bayside Road and there is a sufficient building envelope available where all the required setbacks can be met. Proposed Lot 2 has 278-plus feet in width along Bayside Road and contains 6.83-plus dry acres in area. There are two small portions of wetlands on this lot, with one wetland being shared with Lot 1 and another in the northwest corner along Bayside Road. All required setbacks can be reasonably met when this lot is developed with a new home. The applicant is proposing to maintain the existing driveway access serving proposed Lot 2 and to create a new private driveway access for Lot 1. An access permit is required from Hennepin County in order to create the access. The County has submitted comments regarding the preliminary plat,which are included in the Planning Commission's packet. The City has requested clarification regarding the singular access recommendation but has not yet received a response. The Rural Oasis Study and Conservation Design Master Planning process has been formulated to help determine on a case-by-case basis what natural values should be preserved during subdivision. Technically the size of this property triggers the need for a conservation design plan to be submitted. The applicant has not yet provided a conservation design plan for review. The applicants were notified of this requirement late in the process. The property has sizeable areas of existing woods throughout and tree preservation easements should be considered. According to the survey,there are two wetlands on the property. A wetland delineation report has been submitted and is Exhibit E. The application for approval of the delineation by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District is Exhibit F. The requirement for establishment of wetland buffers falls under the jurisdiction of the MCWD. The City requires a minimum of a 35-foot setback from the delineated edge or a 10-foot setback from portions of a required buffer,whichever is greater. The applicant's plan shows a 30-foot vegetated buffer around the portions of the wetlands within the property. If this is the buffer Page 22 of 28