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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Monday, May 18, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />1. LA20-000021 JEFF BRADY, 350 NORTH SHORE DRIVE WEST, VARIANCE, 6:05 P.M. <br />- 6:16 P.M. <br /> <br />Jeff Brady, Applicant, was present. <br /> <br />Staff presented a summary of packet information. <br /> <br />McCutcheon asked if the height of the garage was less than the height of the house. <br /> <br />Oakden said it is an addition to the house but believes they are maintaining the roofline. <br /> <br />Bollis asked if the tent shed and shed on the survey were neighboring properties or if they were owned by <br />the applicant. <br /> <br />Oakden said she was not sure and that might be a question for the applicant. <br />Mr. Jeff Brady, 350 North Shore Drive West, said when the Wright-Hennepin Power Company came <br />through and clear-cut a section for the power line, which feeds the people behind them, it was eroding <br />away the driveway so they placed the tent shed and shed there. As far as the people who owned the <br />property beforehand, it was a spot that was washing out into what would now be considered a little grassy <br />area. It is kind of swampy and holds some water. They will be moved if necessary. <br /> <br />Kirchner stated it looks like to the east and west of those buildings there are markings of the survey that <br />say "PP," which he is assuming are power poles, and the line between them are the overhead power lines <br />that Wright-Hennepin would have clear-cut for. <br /> <br />Mr. Brady said he was correct. They also maintain that to keep an accessible route for Wright-Hennepin, <br />so they can get in and out of there if needed. It is a transformer pole. <br /> <br />Ressler asked Mr. Brady to be available for any questions, which Mr. Brady agreed to do. <br /> <br />Chair Ressler opened the public hearing at 6:11 p.m. <br /> <br />There were no public comments relating to this application. <br /> <br />Chair Ressler closed the public hearing at 6:12 p.m. <br /> <br />Libby stated he was trying to log on to a second screen to view the full application but had reviewed the <br />application earlier. He does not have any objections to the application. He is unable to reference what <br />Staff determined on this, but he does not see any problems with the proposal. <br /> <br />Ressler said the packet indicated Staff was in support; they identified enough practical difficulty. He read <br />the language, "Staff finds that there are some practical difficulties due to the location of the septic, <br />location of the existing home and substandard lot area for the district." He stated that the setbacks <br />required for front and rear are 50 feet and the subject property are 42 and 168 feet, respectively. He noted <br />42 is almost 50 but not quite. The required north and south side setbacks are 30 and the existing is 136 <br />and 16.8, which is part of the variance application.