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From: Date: Subject: Planning Commission Chairman Kelley Crono Planning Commission Members City Administrator Bernhardron Michael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning & Zoning Administrator August 17, 1990 #1560 John & Roberta Henrich, 4125 Highwood Road - Conditional Use Permit - Continuation of Public Hearing 7 Application - Request to construct retaining walls in 0-75' zone. List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Additional Submittals from Applicant Regarding Retaining Wall Design S Screening Exhibit B - Planning Commission Action Notice 7/20/90 Exhibit C - Memo & Exhibits of 7/12/90 Discussion - This item was tabled at your July 16th meeting in order for applicants to provide additional detail on the wall locations and design for review by the City Engineer. The attached items in Exhibit A have been submitted, and the City Engineer has revisited the site to gain a better sense of the applicant's goals in constructing these walls. Generally, the City's philosophy in past applications has been to allow retaining walls at the lakeshore in cases where they are the only reasonable method of protecting the lakeshore bank from erosion or slumping. The intent is to maintain the character of the lakeshore as natural as possible by providing as much stability as is necessary to keep the hill sides and banks in place. Also, in general the City in most past applications has not allowed retaining walls merely for aethestic reasons or for convenience of maintenance. In a few past cases, where it was shown that changes to lakeshore grade would bring the lakeshore back to a pre-existing condition, grad*^ changes have been allowed (case in point is a steep uniformly sloped lawn area for James Hoff at 2056 Shadywood Road, in which he was able to prove by soil borings that the lakeshore yard had been filled to create the non-characteristic slope, and he was allowed to revert it back to original grades). In the Downev request currently being considered on Casco Point Road, again the Engineer's recommendation is to construct only the minimal walls which are necessary to retain the banks. In th*e Henrich application, the only area that is exhibiting erosion and instability is at the easterly end of the proposed two wall system. This is a steep slope (approximately 2:1)