01-21-2020 Planning Commission Packet

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday, November 18, 2019 6:30 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 36 of 46 Curtis confirmed his statement and indicated 22 percent was correct. Mr. David Bieker, Denali Custom Homes, 18352 Minnetonka Boulevard, Deephaven, said he is representing the applicant. He is the proposed builder of the property and has worked with the architect and applicant to design the home. They are meeting the 75-foot setback and meeting the side yard setbacks. The proposed house was designed as efficiently as possible to accommodate everything possible that a home would have on the main floor. There cannot be a basement, so the only options are to fit everything on the main floor and upstairs. Because of the lot size, you run up against structural hardcover and regular hardcover. They looked at ways to shrink the house, but the only real way to shrink it is to shrink the garage which then is a garage that is not deep enough to use. If you compress the house, the rooms start getting tight inside and aren't really functional. If you pull the garage in, that creates a longer driveway to get to the garage, which doesn't improve the overall hardcover. He thinks the applicant is proposing to do the best he can with what he has and mitigate all the negative effects of the house. They are also removing a garage which is in the corner of the property that actually sits on the road. The setback for the road for the garage is about a foot, and the proposal is increasing the setback by more than 25 feet. There are other homes that are either on the street or very close to the street, so that situation has been improved as far as setback. He thinks the only objection that Staff brought was the structural hardcover, and he thinks if the house is shrunk, they'll have the same overall hardcover because the driveway would have to grow to meet the house. Libby asked what the difference is between the 22 and 20 percent, square footage-wise. Curtis stated it is 222 square feet. Mr. Bieker said if you study the plan, there's nothing extravagant or that doesn't need to be there. Ressler asked for the dimensions of the garage, whether it was 24 x 30. Curtis said she thought it was 21 by 31 unless she measured wrong. Mr. Bieker stated it is 31 feet wide. He believed it is 31 feet deep to the curb inside the garage. Mr. Drew Hueler stated this is his proposed new house at 1398 Rest Point Road. The garage dimensions are 21 feet deep. Curtis stated she thought that is what she measured it to and should have double checked the inside measurement.