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H <br />( <br />C <br />Application Received; <br />Application Complete: <br />60 Day Deadline: <br />Extension; <br />3/19/03 <br />4/1/03 <br />5/30/03 <br />7/29/03 <br />TO;Chair Smith and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />FROM: Jennifer Chaput, City Planner <br />DATE: <br />SUBJECT: <br />May 14,2003 <br />1/03-2885 Gerda and Ed Toth <br />1280/1290 Spruce Place <br />Variances -- Public Hearing <br />Zoning Dbtrict: <br />Lot Area: <br />LR-1B One Family Lakeshore Residential District (I acre) <br />0.43 acres (18,553 s.f.) <br />Application Summary: <br />The applicant requests the following variances to permit construction of a new residence on the <br />property: <br />1 . lot area of 18,553 s.f. (0.43 acres) where 43,560 s.f. (1 acre) is required; <br />2. a lot width of 99 ’ at the OHWL and the 75’ setback from the OHWL where 140 ’ is <br />required; <br />3. Ill s.f. (1.47%) hardcover within the 0 to 75’ lakeshore setback zone where none is <br />permitted; <br />4. 3,303 s.f. (30%) hardcover within the 75’ to 250’ lakeshore setback zone where 2,753 <br />s.f. (25%) is permitted; and <br />6. grading and filling within 75’ of the OHWL of Lake Minnetonka where no grading nor <br />filling is permitted. <br />The Planning Commission heard this application at their Monday, April 21,2003 meeting. With a <br />vote of 7 to 0, the Planning Commission tabled the application to allow the applicants to reduce <br />hardcover in the 75’ to 250’ setback zone to “between 25% and 30%” and to no more than 2.783 s.f <br />(1 5%) of structural coverage on the combined lots b> redesigning the proposed home. The requested <br />variances for lot area, lot width, hardcover within the 0 to75’ setback zone and grading and filling <br />within 75’ of the OHWL appeared to be acceptable to the Planning Commission at the last meeting. <br />The proposed house has been redesigned to reduce the hardcover in the 75’ to 250’ hardcover zone <br />from the previously proposed 4,483 s.f, (38.36%) to 3,303 s.f. (30%). The structural coverage has <br />also been reduced from 3,132 s.f (16.88%) to 2,505 s.f (13.5%), meeting the maximum permitted <br />on the lot. ______________ <br />M03-2885 Gerda and Ed Toth <br />5/14/2003 <br />Page I of 5