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Cl MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MONDAY. MAY 17,2004 6:00 o’clock p.m. and, to recommend denial of a hardcover variance to reduce the existing 29.48% hardcover within the 75’- 230’ zone to 28.31*/o where 25% is normally allowed and to ask the applicants to reconfigure the proposed driveway (or other hardcover) to meet the 25% hardcover requirement. VOTE: Ayes 7, Nay 0. 14. #04-3016 HENRY LAZNIARZ OF WAYZATA DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, 120 BROWN- ROAD SOUTH, SUBDIVISION, PUBLIC HEARING (10:29-11:02 p.m.) Gaffiron presented the proposed 7-lot residential plat (PRD) of property abutting the Luce Line Trail and Long Lake Creek. This property was the subject of extensive reviews by the Planning Corrjnission and Council during the period 1999-2001. A variety of schemes ranging from 4 lots to 7 lots had been proposed, but the ultimate result was denial based on the lack of suitable access to the site. The proposal includes a private cul- de-sac road that accesses from Brown Road South. The proposal includes obtaining municipal water and sewer from the City of Long Lake. Legal actions taken by property owners, the Van Eeckhouts, resulted in findings filed on May 5, 2004. City Attorney Tom Barrett reviewed the findings and concluded they indicate the existing access easement does not provide suitable access meeting all regular City requirements for subdivision. However, Mr. Barrett suggests that the City proceed with review of the application through the preliminary plat approval stage. If the developer ultimately cannot meet the conditions imposed by the City for final plat approval, final plat approval will not be granted. In staffs opinion, the property is a candidate for development as a PRD, due the physical nature of the property. There are only 14 non-wetland, dry buildablc acres that are proposed to be subdivided into seven (7) loU. The seven home sites are proposed to be clustered within an area roughly 300’ by 500’, on the high knoll in the westerly quadrant of the property. Gaffron indicated the proposed individual lot lines will go all the way to the property boundary and emphasized that no open space outlets are proposed. This is not typical of what the Planning Commission has seen in prior approved PRD, where there were outlet open spaces. Gaffron pointed out that with a larger, open space outlet, the perceptions of trespass are different than when the area is in individual lot ownership. The issue of individual lot ownership versus larger open space Kcas owned in common is one that the Planning Conunission needs to determine. Gaffiron advised the proposed PRD for residential purposes would be in conformity with dw (Community Management Plan (CMP) as long as density standards are met, that is, a density at I unit per 2 acres. He 1 Pao^ A7 nf