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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: February 22,2002 Item No.; Department Approval:Administrator Approval: Name: Michael P. GalTron Title: Planning Director Agenda Section: Zoning Item Description: #02-2755 Long Lake Fire Station, 340 Willow Drive North - - Preliminary Plat - Setback Variance - Hose Tower Height CUP List of Exhibits A - Memo & Exhibits of 2/15/02 Summary of Request 1.City of Orono proposes a 2-lot plat to create a fire station lot, a rear lot for future possible residential use, and a road outlot for shared access to the fire station and residential lot. PC Recommendation: Approval (6-0) 2.A combination of limiting site factors has resulted in the need for a 10* setback variance to locate the fire station building 40' from the proposed road outlot rather than the 50' required. PC Recommendation: Approval (6-0) 3.The fire station building plans incorporate a hose tower (used primarily for training purposes) as a bid alternate. This flat-roofed vertical extension of a 20'.\22' portion of the station is proposed at a defined height of 34’8", or approximately 5' higher than the 30' allowed by code. A Conditional Use Permit per Code Section 10.75, Subd. 1 is requested. PC Recommendation: Denial (6-0) Planning Commission Recommendation Please review the memo and exhibits of February' 15. Planning Commission held a public hearing and reviewed this 3-part application on February 19,2002. Gabriel Jabbour was present on behalf of the City and the Fire Station Committee to answer questions. Two members of the public were present, Ron Miller of270 North Willow Drive and Jim Dillman of225 North Willow Drive. Miller made a brief presentation expressing concerns about the height of the hose tower and its use, about the location of the building and the proposed road access, which he would prefer to be at the north end of the building, and about the design of the building itself. Dillman had a question regarding I