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1 <br />!■ i <br />1 <br />Date Application Received: 1-194IS <br />Dale Application Conildcrcd as Complete: I'H-OS <br />M-Day Review Period Eipirca: 3-20-«5 <br />To:Chair Rahn and Planning Commissioners <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Subject: <br />Mike Gafiron, Planning Director <br />February 18,2005 <br />#05-3086 Philip & Cassandra Ordway, 1145 Sixth Avenue North - Variance <br />- Public Hearing <br />Zoning District: <br />Lot Area: <br />LR-1A Single Family Lakeshore Residential, 2-acre min. <br />Gross area: 318»544 s.f. (7.313 acres) per Hennepin County tax records <br />Net area (excl. wetlands): 158,900 s.f. (3.65 acres) approx, per staff calc. <br />‘Buildable* area meeting setbacks: 16,000-18,000 s.f. <br />Apptictttion Summary: Applicants request a variance to the required 30-foot ‘top of blufT setback to <br />allow construction of a new home to replace the existing home on the property. Additional approvals arc <br />required for certain grading aspects of the plan unless revisions are made. <br />Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends as follows: <br />1. Denial of the requested variances for stmctural encroachments of the required 30' setback from top <br />of bluff. <br />2. Denial of any required CUP for retaining walls or grading within 5' of the lot side lot line. <br />3. Approval of any necessary grading within the bluff and bluif impact zone to allow for restoration of <br />grades after the existing home and garage are removed. <br />4. Direct applicant to re-design to eliminate any stmctural encroachments of the 30' bluff setback. <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Application & Description of Request <br />B - Hardship Statement <br />C - Survey <br />D - Site Plans - Sheets Cl, C2, C3 <br />E - Building Plans and Elevation View <br />F-AirphotosofSite <br />G • Bluff Analysis Sheets <br />H - Site Photos <br />I - Plat Map <br />J - Property Owners List <br />Kl — <br />b -11 <br />JL ii-1 <br />. . <br />irihhi n I Ilin I