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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday, April 17,2017 6:30 o'clock p.m. bathroom in the upper floor of the detached garage. This building will be used primarily for storage, with the upper floor to the utilized as a yoga studio for the homeowners. The filling activities exceeding 500 cubic yards within the shoreline require a conditional use permit. It appears that 1,200 cubic yards of fill material will be brought to the property. The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District will be reviewing the proposed grading and mitigation plan to ensure that the overall volume of flood storage has not been diminished. Staff has conducted an analysis of the practical difficulties and the conditional use permit criteria within Staff report. The Commission or the public can request to review the individual criteria tonight. Staff finds practical difficulties based on the size of the property, the areas impacted by the I percent chance of annual flood, the elevation of the property to support the variances for lot area and width as well as the requested hardcover, lake and average lakeshore setback variances for the new home. The applicants have provided a landscape plan which appears to offer relief to the neighbors to the west regarding the floodplain as well as areas of mitigation to limit the impacts of the home on the property. Comments from the public have been received and have been included in the Commission packet. An email was distributed to the Commission this evening. In addition, Staff has spoken with the neighbor to the west at I 10 1 Ferridale and she indicated that she generally supports the proposed plan but had concerns or questions regarding how the proposed trees and other vegetation planted on or near the common property line would affect the light, air and open space they currently enjoy from their home, specifically from the windows on the east side of the home. Planning Staff recommends approval. The applicants have demonstrated practical difficulties to support the requested variances without generating neighborhood opposition. The proposed landscape plan offers additional infiltration opportunities offsetting the hardcover and structure placed within the 75 -foot setback. They have satisfied the criteria for approval of both of the requested conditional use permits. A covenant should be signed by the property owners relating to the plumbing within the detached garage. The Planning Commission had no questions for Staff.