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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Wednesday, July 17,2002 S:30 o’clock p.m. -z 9-02- Rahn suggested that the deck dimensions remain undetermined and that the applicant simply adhere to the 300 s.f. coverage. Hawn moved, Berg seconded, granting approval of Application #02-2805, Carson Erickson, 3415 Eastlake Street, variances for lot area, lot width, front yard setback, side yard setback, and both 0-75* hardcover and 75-250* setback variances, noting that the structure is within the 1,500 s.f. allowed and the deck size is no more than 300 s.f.. VOTE: Ayes 6, Nays 0. SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING FROM MONDAY JULY 15,2002 CONTINUED FOR DISCUSSION (#2) #02-2789 DAHLSTROM DEVELOPMENT LLC, 2550 WEST WAYZATA BOULEVARD, REVISED PLAN FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW, GENERAL CONCEPT PLAN APPROVAL AND REZONING FROM RR-IB SINGLE FAMILY RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO RPUD RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. 5:44 p.m. - 8:14 p.m. Gafiron stated that the applicant had worked through a few of the line items from the staff memo on Monday night in which the Commission had started their discussion with regard to the housing types, layout, and functionality. He questioned whether the Commission had addressed their concerns with regard to item S of the staff punchlist, the proposed housing types, site layout, functionality, etc. Smith indicated that she felt other comments relative to housing still needed to be heard. Once again, she asked the Commission to give the applicant as detailed suggestions as they could, in order to supply them with adequate direction. Gaffron noted that the applicant had already addressed several of the suggested changes from Monday evening’s discussion and wished to hand out a revised plan. Johnston highlighted the changes, noting that the most significant change was that the new plan contained actual dimension between the townhomes for the Commission to look at. As shown on the revised plan, Johnston pointed out that the closest towmbomes are 11’ apart, while many are as much as 23 ’. Smith felt the revised plans reflecting the dimensions were very helpful. Johnston indicated that they had also taken out three of the rambler style townhomes and replaced those with five smaller two story townhome units in an effort to open more space behind them. Johnston pointed out that they had removed the third level loft units ftom the end of the first building as well, creating a softer two-story look near public works. He suggested that building a berm near public works would help greatly in screening the end units. Other than those few changes, the unit count was still at 168, and Johnston stated that they would like to get PAGE 2 OF 22 uLMdifeMli