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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,November 16,2015 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> 5. #15-3794 TIM AND MARY DOUBEK,4565 SHADYWOOD ROAD,VARIANCES, 7:37 <br /> P.M.—7:46 P.M. (continued) <br /> Leskinen noted the Planning Commission has seen this type of request on other similar properties and that <br /> she does not really have a problem with the proposal. <br /> Thiesse stated he is in favor of it but noted that the last similar proposal before the City Council ended up <br /> with the applicants having to dress up the pole barn quite a bit. <br /> Schoenzeit asked if the Code requires the same type of siding as the house. <br /> Curtis stated there is an exterior finish requirement in the code which states: "Except for accessory <br /> buildings that are less than 120 square feet in area or are located on lots two acres in area or larger, an <br /> accessory building and the principal building shall be similar in design and color." This proposal exceeds <br /> that threshold. <br /> McGrann stated it is consistent with the neighborhood and that he does not have an issue with it. <br /> Schoenzeit moved,McGrann seconded,to recommend approval of Application No. 15-3794,Tim <br /> and Mary Doubeck,4565 Bayside Road,granting of a setback variance to allow construction of a <br /> new pole building between the front,street lot line and the principal structure,subject to Staff <br /> recommendations.VOTE: Ayes 6 Nays 0. <br /> 6. #15-3795 SOUTHVIEW DESIGN ON BEHALF OF ROBERT AND BETH SCHNELL, <br /> 1130 OLD CRYSTAL BAY ROAD SOUTH,VARIANCES, 7:46 P.M.—8:22 P.M. <br /> Tim Johnson with Southview Design and Beth Schnell, Applicant,were present. <br /> Curtis stated the subject property is located on the western shore of the south basin of French Lake,which <br /> is classified by the MN Department of Natural Resources as a natural environment lake. This lake is <br /> subject to a 150-foot setback from the ordinary high water level at 930'. The home was built in <br /> approximately 1989, prior to the adoption of the Shoreland Rules. <br /> The current owners purchased the property in 2014 and have now applied for variances in order to allow <br /> construction of decks, a pergola, and an in-ground pool with deck on the lake side of the home requiring <br /> the following variances: an average lakeshore setback variance, a wetland setback variance, a lake <br /> setback variance from French Lake of 59 feet for the proposed deck and pergola,and a hardcover <br /> variance for hardcover within 75 feet of the ordinary high water level consisting of approximately 170 <br /> feet of deck on the east side of the home and 350-foot portion of the pool and decking. <br /> The average lakeshore setback line is based on the distance between the home to the north and the lake, <br /> which is approximately 150 feet. This setback measurement results in the entire home being situated <br /> lakeward of the average lakeshore setback line. The deck additions are proposed to be situated as close as <br /> 53 feet to the OHWL and therefore also lakeward of the average lakeshore setback line and 150-oot <br /> structural setback. The pool and pool decking/surround is proposed to be 34 feet from the wetland and 60 <br /> feet from the OHWL and therefore lakeward of both the 150-foot and average lakeshore setbacks. <br /> Page 15 of 29 <br />