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Date Application Received: 10/18/17 Date Application Considered as Complete: 11/8/2017 60 -Day Review Period Expires: 1/8/2017 To: Chair Thiesse and Planning Commission Members Dustin Rief, City Administrator From: Laura Oakden, Planner LLO Date: Meeting Date Subject: 17-3988, 17-3989, 17-3990 Lake West Development LLC o/b/o Rick and Barbara Lupient, PIDS: 2011723420003, 2011723420002 and 2011723420001 (Lots 1,2,3 Block 1 Casco Point Addition) "Ivy Place" Variances, Conditional Use Permit and Vacation of Easements Public Hearing Application Summary: 17-3988: The applicant is requesting wetland setback, moving over 50 CY of earth within the 75 foot lake yard setback, and driveway width within the lakeyard variances. 17-3989: Vacation of easements to be replaced with a new utility easement 17-3990: Conditional Use Permit for altering the floodplain and land alterations of more than 500CY. The applicant also propose the filling of a small wetland internal to the site, and the establishment of a beach area, altering the wetland on the NNE side of the property. Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends separate motions responding to : 17-3988: Approval of Variances from the wetland setback, and from the standard that permits up to 8 foot wide driveway in the shore setback zone to facilitate the construction of a private shared driveway to serve the two lots. Consideration of a variance to allow beach improvements within the wetland. 17-3989: Approval of Easement Vacations for an unimproved driveway, and a utility easement that needs to be relocated to correspond to the actual location of the utility 17-3990: Approval of Conditional Use Permits to allow over 500 cubic yards of fill in the floodplain, excavation in the floodplain, and over 50 cy of fill in the lake yard. Approval of the wetland impact of filling the small wetland in the interior of the site, but staff does not support the filling or altering of the wetland for the beach improvements. All actions subject to WCA, Watershed, and Final Plat approval. Background In September, the City Council reviewed and approved (17-3962) the Preliminary Plat for Ivy Place, a 2 lot residential subdivision at the northern end of Ivy Place, a public street. The applicants propose the replatting the previously established the three lots into two buildable parcels and one outlot, as a front lot/ back lot configuration. The application suggest the construction of two homes meeting the setback requirements. To facilitate construction, substantial grading must occur, a small wetland must be filled in the center of proposed lot 2, and most of the existing trees on site will be removed. The driveway serving the properties