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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, May 10, 2021 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 27 of 34 <br /> <br />16. LA21-000026 – JALIN DESIGN, LLC O/B/O TIM HOLLAND, 1395 ORONO LANE, <br />VARIANCES – RESOLUTION – Continued <br /> <br />Walsh said the problem is they are creating their own practical difficulty by doing that because they do <br />not have to do anything to this. <br /> <br />Curtis said if they renovate it to a certain extent, they need to bring it into conformance with the flood <br />plain regulations. <br /> <br />Walsh noted they are creating their own practical difficulty by renovating it. <br /> <br />Curtis noted they could always demolish it. <br /> <br />Walsh said they could get rid of it if they want to. He has never seen anything where the City has allowed <br />anyone to move a boat house or even a storage facility between the 0-75. <br /> <br />Johnson asked if Mr. Lindgren is fine keeping it where it is. <br /> <br />Mr. Lindgren said the structure would fit where it is currently today and he can take off some wing walls <br />to make it fit. However, he will have pushback for raising the floor of it because it does not meet today’s <br />standards. Then he would not be able to renovate it. He asked if that is the City or the watershed. <br /> <br />Curtis replied it is FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). <br /> <br />Mr. Lindgren noted FEMA would not allow him to renovate it. <br /> <br />Walsh asked to define renovation. Mr. Lindgren could put new walls and floors in. <br /> <br />Mr. Lindgren would have to apply for a permit to do that and a permit would not be granted if he does not <br />have a FEMA or watershed permit. <br />Walsh is torn on that because he is against anyone moving any boat house, even away from the lake. <br /> <br />Mr. Lindgren asked his theory on that. <br /> <br />Walsh said because then everyone wants to move a boat house. He reminded people that in the past one <br />could not even renovate they just had to tear them down. Now they can be fixed up and that may be the <br />only thing Mr. Lindgren can do is fix it up barring any permits. He does not know and is torn on that as he <br />does not want to open up Pandora’s box with people coming in and wanting to move their boat house. <br /> <br />Johnson has less of a hard time with that. He thinks getting it out of the flood zone is not to the <br />applicant’s convenience, it is just a good practice. He does not think there should be any enlargement of <br />the structure but moving it back and farther from the property line - he thinks it is a good practice not <br />having things in the flood plain. <br />