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3. <br />CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. 9 <br />The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on September 18, <br />1995 and recommended approval of certain of the requested variances and <br />conditional use permit and recommended denial of certain variances per the <br />following fmdings: <br />A. Planning Commission recommended approval of the necessary hardcover <br />variance and conditional use permit for replacement of existing retaining <br />walls, finding that such walls are necessary to the integrity of the <br />propertv', and that such walls should be constructed per the <br />recommendations of the City Engineer regarding removal of the existing <br />wood walls prior to construction of new walls. <br />B. Planning Commission recommended approval for repair of the driveway, <br />replacement of a retaining w'all along the north side of the driveway, and <br />replacement of a front walkw’ay from the stoop to the driveway, finding <br />that such improvements are necessary to protect the driveway and the <br />neighboring propern- and provide access from the driveway to the house. <br />C. Planning Commission recommended approval of an approximately 100 s.f. <br />front entry addition to the house to alleviate a water problem due to <br />topography and roof pitch at that location. <br />D. Planning Commission recommended denial of the proposed 10 ’x33 ’ three <br />season porch and 10 ’xl6 ’ deck behind the garage, which construction <br />would be located as near as 24’ and 19’ respectively from the shoreline <br />of Lake Minnetonka, which construction would consiimte additional <br />stiucmral hardcover in the 0-75 ’ lakeshore setback zone, and which <br />construction would increase lot coverage by structures on the property to <br />in excess of 16% w'here only 15% lot coverage by struemres is allowed, <br />and which additions would add to the bulk of the struemre as viewed from <br />the lake, and which additions would encroach into the average lakeshore <br />setback. <br />E. Planning Commission further recommended that substantial amounts of <br />landscape hardcover on the property' be elunmated, given that existing <br />hardcover in the 0-75 ’ zone is 49.6% where no hardcover is normally <br />Page 2 of 8