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To; From: Date: Planning Commission Jeanne A. Mabusth, Zoning Administrator March 13, 1985 Subject; #901 Karl F. Johnson, 3393 Crystal Bay Road - Variance Application - Variance a) Section 10.60, Subdivision 13, storage of boat over 20 feet in length within 15' to 20' of street and less then 10' from side property line in a location that provides no screening from neighboring properties and within lake view of west property owner. b) Section 10.55, Subdivision 8, no filling or excavation within 75' of lakeshore or installation of permanemt structures - The applicant has placed gravel ever approximately 440 square feet of an area located within 75 feet of the lakeshore and has placed a section of a retaining wall within 65' to 67' of the lakeshore. The specific section of retaining wa11 is 3 feet high at its highest point and stepped down as it approaches lakeward. The wall is six inches wide or the width of a railroad tie. List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Exhibit B - Exhibit C - Exhibit D - Exhibit E - Exhibit F - Exhibit G - Exhibit f * *1 Application Property Owners List Plat Map Letters From Crystal Bay Residents Wheeler Letter 2/23/85 Carl Letter 3/8/85 Inspection Notice 11/1/82 Site Plan - Hardcover Calculations a)Violation of Section 10.60, Subdivison 13 The applicant buvises that for his specific property, this is the only area available to store his boat of 25'. The east side of the paved drive is the only formal yard or grassed area in the l ront yard. The west side of the yard has never been tormally landscaped. Approximately half of the gravel area that lays between the paved drive and west property line is the bed of an old gravel drive that served the house to the west. The remaining portion (area adjacent to retaining wall) was never able to sustain adequate ground cover be cause of the erosion from the steep back to the north. The applicant has listed the following hardships in iiis application for a variance. 1. Narrow lot and location of adjacent homes and improvements. 2. Steep topography to rear of home made back of lot inaccessible. 3. Location of access road. I have asked the City Attorney for his opinion concerning the singling out of one individual for violation of an ordinance that is violated by many in our community. The Attorney has advised that if the City received complaints because neighbors have not been able to i 1 i I U