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A RBSOLUnON GRAHTIN6 VARIANCES TO MUNICIPAL ZONING CODE SECTIONS 10.55, SUBDIVISION 8 MSD 10.22, SUBDIVISIONS 1 ft 2, AND A CONDITIONAL USB PERMIT PER SECTION 10.55, SUBDIVISIONS 9 ft 10 FILE #1364 HEERBAS, Edwin Gage (hereinafter "the applicant") is the owner of the property located at 480 Tonkawa Road within the City of Orono (hereinafter "City") and legally described as follows; Tract A, Registered Land Survey No. 1305, Hennepin County, Minnesota (hereinafter "the property); and WHEREAS, the applicant has made application to the City of Orono tc permit construction of an elevated walkway within the 0-75' lakeshore setback zone, requiring variances to Municipal Zoning Code Sections 10.55, Subdivision 8 and 10.22, Subdivisions 1 & 2 which disallow structures and hardcover within the 0-75' setback zone, and a conditional use permit per Section 10.55, Subdivisions 9 & 10 for construction of permanent structures within the floodway and flood fringe districts. Minnesota: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Orono, FINDINGS 1. This application was revie’.'ed as Zoning File #1364. 2. The property is located in the LR-lB Single Family Lakeshore Residential Zoning District. 3. The property is approximately 5 acres in area. 4. The applicant-^ proposal included a walkway platform width of 6' in the 0-75' lakeshore setback zone. Past City Councils have as a matter of policy waived the variance requirements for such access structures which do not exceed 4' in platform width, and have allowed such structures to be permitted by City staff. 5. The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on January 17, 1989, and recommended on a vote of 4-3 to approve the proposed variances and conditional use permit for the 6’ wide walkway structure based upon the following findings: Page 1 of 5