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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> January 17,2023 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 5. LA22-000060 JOHN GRZYBEK (MOHRMAN, KAARDAL & ERICKSON P.A.) O/B/O <br /> WARD & DONNA EDWARDS,2474 CARMAN STREET, SKETCH PLAN. <br /> Community Development Director Oakden said the applicants are requesting some informal feedback on <br /> a proposed sketch plan for 2474 Carmen Street. Staff recommends the commissioners discuss this <br /> proposed application and provide feedback.It is an informal process. It's not a public hearing.2474 <br /> Carmen has street frontage on Shoreline Drive to the north.It is a long,relatively narrow piece of <br /> property and there is a lagoon or kind of water inlet that divides this parcel. The survey also identifies a <br /> wetlands on the northerly portion of the parcel.The parcel is roughly 1.6 acres of land. The lot is <br /> improved with a single-family home on the portion of the southern part of the inlet. The portion of the lot <br /> north of the inlet is unimproved. The property is unique in that the portion of the southern lot and the inlet <br /> is zoned LR1B which is one acre minimum.And the portion on the north side of that kind of lagoon inlet <br /> is LR 1 C 1 which is half acre, so it is a split zoning on this parcel. <br /> The applicant is proposing to split the lot into two parcels to facilitate a new building site north of the _ <br /> inlet. The applicant has not identified how they're proposing to use that northern lot or how they would <br /> access it. It is a heavily wooded lot with that wetland and there is a relatively steep grade that drops off <br /> from Shoreline Drive.A similar application was made in 2020. That application was contemplating a lot <br /> split for both this parcel and the parcel to the east at 2480 Carmen Street.At that time,the Planning <br /> Commission and the Council were not in favor because that would create a non-conforming parcel. The <br /> existing parcel is non-conforming today. This proposed sketch would create a non-conforming <br /> substandard parcel to the south and then a conforming parcel on the northern side.Planning Commission <br /> and City Council would have to support variances for lot area and lot width. The City engineer did <br /> provide some comments regarding connectivity for utilities and then County permitting requirements. <br /> They also noted the wetland in the location on that northerly lot and the potential issues with a buildable <br /> envelope.I included comments from Hennepin County from their 2020 review.If a formal application <br /> was made we'd get updated comments from the County at that time.No public comment has been made <br /> The Planning Commission should discuss if you're comfortable with the proposed variances necessary to <br /> create a non-conforming parcel. Do you have concerns with the layout?And then you should discuss the <br /> buildable area and the intent with that northerly parcel. The next item on the agenda is a separate <br /> applicant but it is the lot right to the east of this one. <br /> McCutcheon asked if there is an effort with the two applications to have a combined driveway. <br /> Libby said he would like to have the opportunity to look at the illustrations. <br /> Oakden scrolled through additional images to show some contours and some slope and potential wetland <br /> in the middle,as well as the house to the south on this parcel. There's a shared driveway connecting this <br /> property as well as the property to the east, connected off Carmen Avenue. <br /> Greg Erickson,business address 150 South Fifth Street, Suite 3100,Minneapolis and Scott W.Edwards, <br /> 2470 Carmen Street,spoke to the application. <br /> Page 8 of 13 <br />