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c c ( 6. Although there are two doors shown on the lakeside of the walk out level of the proposed home, there will be no hardcover landings outside the doors; 7. It is the applicants’ responsibility to contact LMCD regarding dock placement on Lake Minnetonka; 8. Ciher issues raised by the Planning Commission. Staff Recommendations: Staff can support the variances for lot area, lot w idth, hardcover in the 0-75’ setback zone and grading within 75’ of the OHWL. However, staff can not support the variances for hardcover exceeding 25% in the 75’ to 250 ’ setback zone nor structural coverage exceeding the 15% maximum permitted. It is the City’s policy that all new construction meet the hardcover and structural coverage requirements when possible. Given the size of the combined property, it is possible to meet the hardcover and structural coverage requirements and still build a new home. It has been suggested by the applicants that the property could be looked at as two potential 50' lots that could each be granted the same variances as were granted the single 9,000 s.f lot next door, i.e. 46% hardcover and 1500 s.f. of structure. In fact, in 1986 the City declared that 1290 Spruce was unbuildable (Resolution No. 2088) and released it for sale to adjacent owners to make thei~ p’operty more conforming, despite the fact that each of the two lots had been assessed for sewer. It is staff s opinion that comparing the applicant’s double lot with the extremely substandard lot next door at 1270, is not a reasonable comparison. Staff would remind the Planning Commission that hardcover and lot coverage variances have consistently been denied for reconstruction on similar sized (approximately '/j acre) lots in the '/j acre and I acre zones over the past 4 years. The comparison with the '/j acre zone is a fair one since the hardcover, setback and lot coverage standards are virtually identical with those of the 1-acre zone. Recent lakeshore rebuilds (2002-2003) that compare with the current proposal include: - Soojian at 4496 North Shore Drive (100' width, 0.55 acres, no HC or lot coverage variances granted) - Twidwell at 1865 Concordia Street (102' width, 0.56 acres, granted 32.4% HC due to tree hardship limiting home placement, no lot coverage variance) - Lindberg at 3^0 North Shore Drive (100' width, 0.47 acres, met all HC and lot coverage limits, no variances) - Goldberg at 1160 Loma Linda Avenue (113* width, 0.68 acres, no HC or lot coverage variances granted) - Cable at 3532 hy Place (100' width, 0.522 acres, denied variances for HC exceeding 25%) Staff recommends tabling the application to allow the applicants to decrease hardcover in the 75' to 250 ’ setback zone to no more than 25% by redesigning the proposed home. A home located 30 ’ from the street with a 600 s.f driveway and 100 s.f of sidewalk could have a 2,050 s.f footprint. W3-2885 Gerda and Ed Toth 5/13/2003 Page 5 of 6 I ^ . .......