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To: <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Subject: <br />Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Mayor Callahan and Orono Councilmembers <br />Ron Moorse. City Administrator <br />Jeanne A. Mabusih, Building & Zoning Administrator <br />May 9, 1994 <br />#1904 Eric and Shelly Liljequist. 3490 Birch Une - Conditional Use <br />Permit/Variance - Public Hearing - Current application has been considered as an <br />addendum to original application filed January 28, 1994 <br />Pertinent Ordinances <br />1. <br />1 <br />Section 10.03. Subdivision 19 - Conditional use permit is required for any land alteration <br />that would alter the grade or shore of likeshore property . <br />Section 10.55, Subdivision 8 - Permanent structures are not allowed within the flood <br />plain of Lake Minnetonka. <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Application <br />B - Property Owners List <br />C - Plat Map <br />D - Planning Commission Minutes of February 22, 1994 <br />E - Topographic Map . . <br />F - Profile of Flood Plain Areas to be Filled with Installation of New Foundation <br />G - Applicants Proposed Grading Plan <br />H - Shawn Gustafson Letter of May 5, 1994 <br />Description of Request <br />During the preparation for the building permit for the new construction, staff soon <br />realized that with limited topographic information on hand that at least portions of the struemre <br />would appear to be located within the flood plain of Lake Minnetonka. Staff advised the <br />applicants to obtain additional topographic information for the entire footprint of the residence. <br />Applicants submitted spot elevations for the new construction confirming that the entire struemre <br />was located within the flood plain. Applicant was advised to commence the permitting process <br />with the Watershed District and file the necessary permits with the City. <br />In early discussions witli the Watershed District, the applicant was advised that the <br />approximate 625 cubic feet of fill in the flood plain could be mitigated on site rather than <br />requiring pilings as in two earlier reviews for construction on Big Island. Members may <br />remember that the earlier reviews involved a seasonal cabin and small storage shed. Ellen Sones <br />of the Watershed District has advised the applicant that they would allow mitigation on site if