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Item No.: 4.1 Date: January 16, 2024 <br />Presenter: Melanie Curtis <br />Presenter: Planner <br />Section:Public Hearings <br /> <br /> <br />Title: LA23-000062, Granite Companies LLC o/b/o Travis & Sara Wildenberg, <br />3838 Cherry Avenue, After-the-Fact Conditional Use Permit <br /> <br /> <br />1.Purpose: <br />The purpose for this item is to review an after-the-fact conditional use permit for lake slope <br />retaining walls. <br />2.MN§15.99 Application Deadline: <br />This application was received on October 30, and considered to be complete on December 7, <br />2023. Due to the lack of a Planning Commission meeting in December, the 60-day application <br />review deadline has been extended an additional 60-days and will expire on April 5, 2024. <br />3.Background: <br />A new home is under construction on the subject property. Following demolition of the previously <br />existing home, the applicant began installing rip rap under a permit from the MCWD. In the <br />process of installing rip rap, the applicant removed the entirety of the lake slope vegetation <br />including trees, the existing wooden lake access stair, the existing stone walls, and debris. They <br />began installing a new stone slab lake access stair and new angular boulder retaining walls. <br />Because the applicant had not received a permit from the City for the work on the lake slope, staff <br />issued a Stop Work order and began working with the applicant to bring the property into <br />compliance. The staff report attached as Exhibit A contains a full background and detailed <br />analysis. <br />4.Staff Recommendation: <br />Planning Staff recommends the Planning Commission table the application and direct the applicant <br />to provide the additional supporting information required by Code justifying the walls as proposed. <br />Additionally, the Commission should direct the applicant to revise the landscape plan to provide <br />more substantial native trees, shrubs, and deep rooted perennials. <br /> <br />Planning Commission Action Requested: <br />The Planning Commission should table the application and direct the applicant as noted. <br />AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Exhibits <br />Exhibit A - Staff Report.pdf <br />Exhibit B - Application, Narrative.pdf <br />Exhibit C - Proposed Survey annotated.pdf <br />Exhibit D - Existing Survey annotated.pdf <br />Exhibit E - Proposed Plans.pdf <br />Exhibit F - Site Photos.pdf <br />Exhibit G - Aerial Photos.pdf <br />Exhibit H - Resol 7336.pdf <br />9