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MINirTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Monday, May 21,2001 (001-2674 DENNIS AND DIANE KILLIAN. CONTINUED) Dottcnbcrg staled a side yard adjacent to jircet sariance is required to permit the roiiOinc to be 13.4 feet from the street where 15 feet is required Boticnberg noted structural lot coverage would not increase with the rix>fline expansion. City Staff recommends approsal of the application. Lile had nothing to add to Staff s report. There were no public comments regarding this application. Smith moved, second by Bcfr, to recommend approval of Applkation MOI-2675, Donna LIlc, 2765 Ethel Avenue, granting afa side yard adjacent to street variance to permit the roof line to be IJ.4 feel from the street where a 15 foot setback is required. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. (h7) Mll-2678 KRISTI ROESLER, 1169 ELMWOOD AVENUE. VARIANCES, 7:30 - 8:03 p.m. Kristi Rocsler. Applicant, was present. The Certificate of Mailing and Affidavit ot Publication were noted. Bottenberg stated this is a two-part application. The Applicant owns two properties located ot 1169 North Ann Drive, which is an olTthe lake parcel with a residence, and Lot 7, Block I of Skarp and Lindquist's Gemhill. Lake Minnetonka" addition, which is a vacant lot consisting of 50 feet of bkeshorc. Bottenberg stated the two parcels have not been legally combined and ore separated by the Elmwood Avenue right-of-way and arc offset by approximately 100 feet. The Applicant purchased the properties approximately two years ago and has since learned that a dock is not allowed on the lake lot because there i> not a principal structure on the lot. Bottenberg staled the first part of the application is to review variances for lot a^ca width regarding the lake lot to pennit future residential constrcction. The lot is approximately I l.lOO square feet or .255 acres where the minimum lot area requirement is one acre, and approximately 50 feel wide where 140 feet is the minimum lot width required fer the LR-1B zoning district. Part two of the application is a request for a variance to permit a lot combination of a property not adjacent to the building lot for lake/dovk use. The two properties are separated by Elmwood Avenue. Tlie Applicant is requesting the ability to have lake acccss'dock via Lot 7. which is not combined with 1169 North Arm Drive. Tlte lot docs not have a principal structure. Bottenberg indicated a structure could be constructed on the property threuch a special lot combination agreement, which would function as a covenant requiring the two parcels remain in common ownership. The Applicant is requesting a variance to allow the two lots to be combined and a variance to accessory buildings at time of construction. 1 PAGE 10