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Date Applicatioa Received: 12>17>03 Date Application Considered as Complete: 12>17>03 60-Day Review Period Expires: 2-15-04 extended to 4-15-04 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: March 5,2004 Item No.: Department Approval: Name: Janice Gundlachy^ Title: City Planner Administrator Approval:Agenda Section: Zoning Item Description: #04-2973, Minnetonka Custom Homes, 4753 North Shore Drive, Conditional Use Permit - Resolution 2^ning District: Lot Area: Lot Width: LR - IB, One Family Lakeshore Residential District (1 acre minimum) 0.173 acres (7,550 s.f.) 50 feet List of Exhibits A - Memo dated 3-5-04 from Building Inspector Bruce Vang B - Revised Plan C - PC Action Notice 1-22-04 D - PC Memo and Exhibits of 1-14-03 Application Summary: Applicant requests the following in conjunction with a previously approved project: 1. Conditional use permit to allow retaining walls to be constructed within 5’ of the property line. Planning Commission Recommendation This request was heard before the Planning Commission at their January 20,2004 meeting. The applicants were requesting an after-the-fact hardcover variance and also a conditional use permit to allow retaining walls and fill xvithin 5 feet of the property line. The City Engineer visited the site with City Building Inspector Bruce Vang and submitted comments regarding the requests (attached as Exhibit D of the planning report). The Planning Commission instructed the applicant to work with staff on a plan which incorporates the comments from the City Engineer for approval by the City Council. The applicants have submitted a revised plan attached as Exhibit C. The new plan no longer requires an after-the-fact hardcover variance; however the applicant ’s are still requesting a conditional use permit to allow a retaining wall within 5 feet of the property boundary. The revised plan shows the