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—^ <br />L <br />Application Complete: <br />60 Day Deadline: <br />Extension: <br />4/1/03 <br />5/30/03 <br />7/29/03 ;t <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Department Approval: <br />Name: Jennifer Chaput <br />Title: City Planner <br />JUN 9 2003 <br />CITY Or ortw'ivU <br />DATE: May 30,2003 <br />ITEM NO. 7 <br />Agenda Section: ZcMiing <br />Item Description:#03-2886 Dr. Dennis and Diane Killian <br />1300 Spruce Place <br />Variances <br />Exhibits: <br />A <br />B <br />Staff report of 5/12/03 City Council meeting <br />Staff Report and exhibits of 4/21/03 Planning Commission meeting <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 20,300 s.f. (0.47 acres) where 43,560 s.f. (1 acre) is required; <br />2. hardcover within the 0 to 75’ lakeshore setback zone: 274 s.f. (2.47%) where none is <br />permitted; <br />3. hardcover within the 75’ to 250’ lakeshore setback zone: 3,367 s.f. (36.6%) where <br />238 s.f. (25%) is permitted; <br />4. grading and filling within 75’ of the OHWL of Lake Minnetonka where no grading nor <br />filling is permitted; and <br />5. placing fill in a bluff impact zone where no fill is permitted. <br />This application was tabled at the 5/12/03 City Council meeting at the request of the applicants. <br />The applicants wished to have this application heard at the same time as application #03-2885 for <br />1280 and 1290 Spruce Place, next to the property in question. <br />The discussion regarding this application centered on whether there was a hardship to allow new <br />construction to exceed the maximum hardcover permitted in the 75’ to 250’ setback zone. In the <br />75’ to 250’ setback zone, only 2,297.5 s.f. of ha^cover is permitted, even though the structural <br />coverage calculations (15% of the total lot area) allows for up to 3,045 s.f. of building footprints. <br />The City ordinance allows for at least a 1,500 s.f. of structure footprint which can still be met <br />with less than 25% hardcover in the 75’ to 250’ setback zone.__________________________ <br />PLANNING COMMISSION: <br />Planning Commission recommended by a 4 to 3 vote to: <br />Approve the requested variances with the following conditions: <br />1. Grading plans must illustrate proposed contours between the house and the street; <br />2. Plans should show the proposed driveway location and grades that do not exceed <br />10%;