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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,May 10,2021 6:00 o'clock p.m. 16. LA21-000026—JALIN DESIGN,LLC O/B/O TIM HOLLAND, 1395 ORONO LANE, VARIANCES—RESOLUTION—Continued the existing building as part of an in-kind replacement and moving it 9 feet further from the lake in order to meet flood plain regulations. It does result in the corners of the new flat roof expanding outward from the sloped portions of the existing roof in the new location and will be 2.5 feet farther from the side lot line(it is currently 2.5 feet and they are proposing 5 feet).The drawings show the existing outline of the boat house as it is today in purple.The footprint is essentially the same configuration,there are three areas where there is a small foundation expansion which is for a shear wall which Curtis believes is an architectural feature. Regarding the carriage house,the applicant is proposing to raise the floor inside the living space as well as the floor inside the garage to allow for some more accessible ceiling dimensions. The footprint is going to stay the same,the location will stay the same,the roof will expand in some places and will lose encroachment in others. Curtis said it is hard to go through it piece-by-piece and the applicant has provided some good exhibits illustrating what they are changing. The applicant is looking for rear and side yard setback variances for the carriage house. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on April 19,2021 and following the public hearing they voted 5-to-1 in favor of a motion to approve the variances subject to the boat house not having hardcover landings and the property owner signing the standard plumbing covenant. Commissioner Libby was the dissenting voter and did not provide reasoning for his nay vote.No comments were received from neighbors; Staff is recommending approval and a resolution has been drafted for the Council's consideration. Jeff Lindgren,6514 108th Trail,Brooklyn Park,stated this is a fairly substantial project and currently there are three structures on the site and they propose to take down all three because they are not safe and are unlivable.The current owner is looking to build a new home on the site in the future.They are trying to take care of the two smaller structures first as they do not want to cut off access once the new house is up and these two are connected with sewer. Working with Curtis,they found that the current boat house is in the flood plain and they want to be sensitive to those issues and thought it would be best to move that one back and also give more breathing room on the property line for fire code reasons. The footprint stayed the same as for living space—actually it is a bit under—the current architectural features on those walls are from a detail they are trying to get. The current boat house has a good sized overhang around the perimeter;the homeowner would like to build a more contemporary home so they are trying to create these two structures to be congruent with the home. The idea is to have a flat roof on the boat house and to make sure they are meeting energy code they had to raise the hill-height or the wall height around the perimeter given the current structure was hand-framed and had about 4 inches of insulation space.They are trying to find the middle ground by raising the side and lowering the overall height from a viewing standpoint.Regarding the carriage house, it has stayed the same size.The current floor is a bit lower and the back wall is pregnant and is diving in due to water intrusion issues.The thought process is to raise it up to get positive drainage,the current garage doors are at 6.5 feet and they are trying to raise those to a 7 foot height to allow vehicles to enter and enough ceiling height for an operational garage door. They are trying to be cognizant in keeping the roof lower than where it was and using special materials to keep energy efficiency up. Overall they are trying to bring massing down while maintaining a structure that is usable. Johnson asked if there is a stoop on the drawing. Page 25 of 34