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# <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of <br />Orono, Minnesota: <br />FINDINGS <br />This application was reviewed as Zoning File #03-2936. <br />The property is located in the LR - 1C zoning district, which requires a <br />minimum lot area of '/: acre and a minimum lot width of 100 feet. The <br />applicants' property is .49 acres and has a width of 60 feet. <br />The Planning Commission reviewed this application at a public hearing <br />held on August 18, 2003. The City Council reviewed the application at <br />regularly scheduled meetings held on September 8 and September 22, <br />2003 and granting conceptual approval of the hardcover variance for the <br />0-7S' zone based on the following findings: <br />a. The nature of the property in the 0-75 ’ zone is steep slopes being <br />supported by retaining wails. <br />b. Currently,- the existing lakeshore deck is bolted to a concrete retaining <br />wall which is supporting 8' of earth. <br />c. After engineering reviews, the interdependency of the wall on the deck <br />is inconclusive; however. Council acti:,m to require removal of the <br />deck may have unintended negative consequences. Should the deck be <br />required to be removed and detached from the retaining wall, there is <br />the potential that the retaining wall may fail, subsequently causing <br />slope failure. <br />d. The existing conditions of the retaining wall and attached deck support <br />the slope. <br />e. Absent the unique conditions noted above, the lakeshore deck would <br />normally not be allowed to remain, as it is a nonconforming structure <br />and the property is undergoing a complete teardowm/rebuild of the <br />principal structure. <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />i