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Zoning File #1968 <br />September 15, 1994 <br />Page 2 <br />B. <br />C. <br />Subd. 16 (I), Vegetation Alterations - Prohibits removal of live trees in 0-75 <br />/one v^ith a diameter of 6" or greater without City approval; requires equivalent <br />number of replacement trees be planted; prohibits intensive vegetation clearing <br />w ithin 0-75’ zone and on steep slopes (proposed grading to construct driveway <br />has a significant potential for removal of the majority of vegetation in the 0-75’ <br />zone). <br />Subd. 16 (J), Topographic A Iterations/Grading and Filling - Grading and tilling <br />standards for construction of driveways in the 0-75’ setback zone (see code <br />sections attached). <br />D. Subd. 16 (K), Stormwater Management - Requires adequate runoff controls. <br />4 Section 10.03, Subd. 6 (A) (2), E.xisting lot of record in "R" district of greater than one <br />acre and served by public sanitary sewer - Such lots may be utilized for single family <br />detached dwelling purposes if the Council finds: <br />A. It is at least one acre in size and the average width ot the lot is at least 100 . <br />B. It is served by public sanitary' sewer. <br />C. It otherwise meets the requirement of the zoning chapter. <br />Background <br />Tliis vacant lot has been in single separate ownership for at least 20 years. The Bangerts <br />are intending to purchase it as a new building site from the previous owners, the Larsons. The <br />lot was assessed for and provided with municipal sewer as part of the Snibbs Bay project. <br />There currently is a very steep and poorly developed driveway cut at the west end of the <br />property, but this driveway is too steep for residential use. Further, it is located at the w«t side <br />of the lot where sicht distance for entering Bayside Road is e.xtiemely limited. Hennepin County <br />DOT has indicated they will only approve a driveway location in the easterly 75 ot the lot. <br />This presents a major problem in that a steep bank rises approximately 15 ’ above the road at a <br />60% slope for almost the entire length of the lot. To develop a driveway in the easterly 75 will <br />require significant earth removals in the 0-75’ zone and result in the removal ot a number of <br />mature treL. WTiat appears currently as a wooded slope will have significantly less vegetation <br />as view'ed from the lake. <br />Both suifr and Citv Encineer agree with the applicant that their proposed plan will have <br />a less intense visual impact th'an the two proposals they rejected, which would r^ a driveway <br />virtually straight up the hill and require major cuts into the slope lor distance 100 hack from <br />the road.