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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Thursday, August 24, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 5 of 8 <br /> <br />Walsh noted that was before their time. <br /> <br />Johnson stated the North side is zoned differently. <br /> <br />Mr. Gamble said it is zoned half-acre, so it’s a different zoning entirely. <br /> <br />Walsh said part of the catch is that they are not trying to create more lots just to create more lots, and <br />noted the Council has been pretty hard on following the rules and if it’s stuck, it’s stuck. He said they <br />have tried to solve some problems. <br /> <br />Printup said to Johnson’s point, the Applicant can still use that calculation to benefit the other side of the <br />lagoon. <br /> <br />Barnhart replied and said, except that there is the 0-75’ zone that will impact what they can do on that <br />lower portion, so they may allow for more of a calculation of hardcover or they may be constrained by <br />their proximity to the lake. <br /> <br />Johnson noted the entire property is in variance. <br /> <br />Barnhart said yes, the whole property is in variance. <br /> <br />Printup noted they are used to it. <br /> <br />Walsh said he doesn’t think that is the inhibitor, it’s just that they’re in the starting block that there is a <br />non-conforming property. <br /> <br />Mr. Gamble said that is not unusual in the sense that the Council has moved property lines and done <br />things with non-conforming lots to improve both lots, not creating a new one to do that, and this isn’t <br />creating non-conformity. He said not doing anything isn’t fixing the situation as far as what exists around <br />the lake. <br /> <br />Walsh said it sounds like there are two non-conformities. <br /> <br />Barnhart said he’s hearing some discomfort from the Council in terms of creating a lot that will be non- <br />conforming from a width standpoint. He said there is also some discomfort on having some buildable <br />portion north of the lagoon. He said that takes care of it from a guidance standpoint for this tract. On the <br />next page of the packet (Lot 1), Barnhart said it obviously conforms from an area and width standpoint, <br />but Lot 2, if they read the Code very strictly, frontage on the lake needs to be 100 feet or 140 feet <br />depending on where that line falls, noting this line would not fall. He said if the Council is not <br />comfortable with the layout that shows this type of “finger,” he would like to hear that and then he can <br />advise the Applicant. <br /> <br />Seals asked to go to the Hennepin County Property Map hybrid model and pull up the address to see the <br />visual. <br /> <br />Walsh said typically they tell people to come back with a subject that meets everything and they’re ready <br />to roll, but he doesn’t think this can do that. <br />