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B City of Orono 2750 Kelley Parkway Orono, Mn 55356 DENALI Custom Homes, Inc. r-zr- 03 April 23,2003 Dear Planning Commissioners; The Applicant, Denali Custom Homes, Inc., and the Land Ou':ier, Melinda Lee & Thomas DeVeau, are requesting a variance for the Minimum lot area of one acre required by the zoning district LR-IB Ibr the removal and new construction of a home located at 680 Tonkawa Rd. The attached set of preliminary plans and a survey describing the property are attached. The Applicant and Land Owner are also requesting Variance for Hardcover, based on hardships located in the 75’- 250' zone from the lakeshorc. The lot in question is a very narrow lot which also contains steep terrain in the 75'- 250' zone. The terrain requires a rock retaining system to prevent erosion of the lakeshore and also a stair case to traverse the hillside. These items fall into the zone in question and require additional hardcover not associated with the construction of the dwelling and these items cannot be removed. The uncommon narrow width of the lot creates an additional hardship and burden on the hardcover calculation in the 75'- 250' zone. The land owner directly adjacent and to the south of the property has an 80’ wide lot making this an uncommon and unshared hardship. After a preliminary meeting with City Planner, Wendy Bottenberg, the Applicant and the Land Owner have worked with the design firm to reduce the square footage of the house footprint & garage area, eliminated a desired deck off the master suite, and reduced to a minimum the only remaining deck off of the kitchen. The applicant has also moved the house back from the lakeshore an additional 20' to save on required driveway hardcover in the zone. The turn around needed for cars to exit the driveway onto Tonkawa Rd (without backing out) was relocated to the 250'-500' zone to additionally reduce needed hardcover in the 75'-250' zone. Moving the house location further back into the 250'-500' zone is not possible do to the site line variance granted to the Homeowner to the s6uth(Beutler @ 6S4 Tonkawa) and the location of their home on the property. Locating the DeVeau house any further than the proposed location would significantly devalue the properly due to the site lines that would exist creating a loss of view of the lake. Denali Custom Homes, Melinda Lee, and Thomas DeVeau have worked diligently with the home designer and land surveyor to minimize the ha.*dcover required and significantly improved the percent hardcover from the current existing condition of 40.55 %. We ask that you grant a variance on hardcover percent due to the hardship.' imposed by the land in question and existing structures to the south. Our proposed hardcover calculation sheet is attached. If you have additional questions of the applicant please contact me a 1612-718-1671. ^ <0 CJ J- 18283 Minnetonka Clvd.* Suite B*Deephaven, MN 55391 •952-476-2679-fax 952-476-2682 David Bieker Denali Custom Homes, Inc.i