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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday, February 21, 2017 6:30 o'clock p.m. Gaffron stated Orono's standards only apply to the B-1 and B-3 districts at this time. Landgraver moved, Olson seconded, to recommend approval of Application No. 17-3899, Little Acorns Child Care, 2060 Wayzata Boulevard West, granting of a conditional use permit, subject to Staff recommendations. VOTE: Ayes 6, Nays 0. 4. #17-3900 SCOTT KIRCHNER,1090 HERITAGE LANE, VARIANCE, 7:16 P.M. 7:24 P.M. 4 hAr NN NN N1 NNNNNN N fNN 1NNN NN NNNN Scott Kirchner, Applicant, was present. Curtis stated the subject property is an existing lot of record that is substandard in size for the LR -IA district. The lot was created in 1965 as part of the Foxhill neighborhood which predates the creation of the 2 -acre minimum requirement. The lot currently consists of 0.98 acre in area. In addition, the applicant has made an application for a subdivision exemption to allow an administrative lot line rearrangement between the subject property and the Nelson property at 1780 Shoreline Drive. The proposed lot line adjustment would increase the size of the subject property to 1.07 acres but would still not meet the requirement of the district. The additional land will make the buildable area larger and possibly avoid setback variances for the development of the lot in the future. A lot area variance is needed in order to process the subdivision exemption. Staff finds there are demonstrable practical difficulties supporting the lot area variance. Planning Staff recommends approval of the lot area variance. The Planning Commission had no questions for Staff. Scott Kirchner, Applicant, stated the survey shows some of the difficulties that were encountered with the lot, including a wetland near Heritage Lane. Due to that wetland and the building setbacks, the lot is very Page 12 of 48