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Mayor Grabek & Orono Council Members City Administrator Bernhardson MONC'MJEETWS ■0 7 Frc»: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning & Zoning Date: June 5, 1990 Subject: #1510 Richard W. Brown, 2685 Shadywood Road - Variancj/Conditional Use Permit - Zoning District - L^-IB, Single family lakeshore residential Application - Request for hardcover variance and guest house conditional use permit for proposed addition. List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Notice of Planning Commission Action 5/25/90 Exhibit B - Memo & Exhibits of 5/27/90 and 4/4/90 Discussion - Please review the memo and exhibits of May 17th and April 4th. Briefly, Rick Brown is purchasing this residence from his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Brown, and is proposing to construct an addition to be used as a guest apartment by his parents during the 6 months each year when they reside in Minnesota. Existing 75-250' hardcover on the property is 28.1%. The proposal would increase that to 32.8%, but if all reasonable hardcover removals occur (except driveway parking area reduction), hardcover could be reduced to 27.8%. The applicant has indicated that he does not feel the hardcover could b*> reduced to the 25% limit without making the driveway area non-^ functional. The main issue the Planning Commission wrestled with is the access layout for the proposed guest apartment. The guest apartment standards in the zoning code require that "there shall be at least one access door to the apartment from within the principal structure, and such door shall be the primary access to the apartment". The majority of the Planning Commission felt that the proposed access layout does not conform strictly to this requirement, there being only one direct access door between the house and apartment, and that is through an unheated "entry hall" in the basement. The configuration of the rooms in the house and the split level nature of the garage, tend to limit the possibilities for a more reasonable access layout for an addition at this end of the house. The applicant so far has not chosen to propose a revised floor plan or relocate the addition, and would prefer not to eliminate the proposed double garage or the access door to that garage .