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h <br />VC. <br />1 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />2 5 2000 <br />Cl I T or onu/vo <br />DATE: October 18,2000 <br />/ <br />ITEM NO.: <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Paul Weinberger <br />Title Zoning Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />Item Description:#2571 Jim Ginther and Doug Ault <br />2739 Shadywood Road <br />Variance <br />Zoning District: LR'IB One Family Lakeshore Residential District (1 acre) <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A <br />B <br />C <br />D <br />E <br />Resolution <br />Hardship Statement <br />Letter (dated October 16,2000) Zimmerman/Ogle <br />Property Survey <br />Staff Reports (8/17/00 and 4/13/00) <br />Application Background: Ginther and Ault had submitted a Conditional Use Permit and variance <br />application to request continued use of a property as a ‘dock lot’ that has been in use for the mooring of nvo <br />boats, and an after the fact variance to permit expansion of a parking area constituting additional hardcover <br />within 75' of the OHWL of Lake Minnetonka. <br />On August 11th the City of Orono received a letter from Mr. Thomas M. Crosby, Jr. applicant representative, <br />withdrawing the request for the conditional use permit for a dock use on a lot without a principal residence. <br />They do wish to proceed with the request for the variance for the parking area. <br />The request before the City Council is an after-the-fact variance for the addition of 4' of gravel to the parking <br />area located off ShadNwood Road. The applicant’s hardship statement is attached as Exhibit B. The City <br />of Orono posted the area along Shadywood Road as a “No Parking’’ area in 1999. As a result the property <br />owners expanded the gravel parking area to accommodate parking for two vehicles cn the lot. <br />Planning Commission Recommendation: <br />The Planning Commission Recommended 6 to 0 to approve the variance for the expansion of hardcover on <br />the lot based on the following findings: <br />1.Citing concerns over safety, the City of Orono posted Shadywood Road in the area of the dock lots <br />as a “No Parking’’ zone. To accommodate parking on-site rather than on the street the property <br />owners expanded a parking area from one vehicle width to allow for parking of two vehicles. <br />2. The property has been used for two dock slips for many years and has t\vo owners, each with one <br />. boat slip. <br />4