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Mayor Grabek & Orono Council Members <br />City Administrator Bernhardson <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Subject: <br />Michael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />April 5, 1989 COUNCIL MEETING <br />#1376 Chris & Dale Palm, 1710 Shadywood Road - <br />Variance <br />CITY OF DOO’IjJfioning District - LR-IC, Single family, 1/2 acre, sewered <br />Application - Request for amendment to previous hardcover approval, to <br />allow retention of existing detached garage. This requires a <br />hardcover variance as well as setback considerations. <br />List of Exhibits <br />Exhibit A - Notice of Planning Commission Action of 3/27/89 <br />Exhibit B - Planning Commission Minutes of 3/20/89 <br />Exhibit C - Letter From Neighboring Property Owner Rhode of 3/17/89 <br />Exhibit D - Memo & Exhibits of 3/15/89 <br />Discussion ~ <br />Please review the memo and exhibits of March 15, 1989. Briefly, the <br />applicants are requesting further Council consideration to allow retention <br />of the existing detached garage on the property. The applicants were <br />originally allowed to expand their residence, and were granted hardcover <br />variances in both the 0-75' and the 75-250' zones, conditioned on removal <br />of the existing detached garage, which is located less than 2' from the <br />side lot line and as close as 4.7' from the street lot line. <br />The applicants original variance was granted in May of 1986. The <br />applicants applied to have that variance amended to keep the garage and <br />were turned down by the Council in April of 1988. Exhibit F of the March <br />15, 1989 memo indicates the steps staff has taken to have the detached <br />garage removed. The applicants have again re-applied for a variance <br />amendment, this time with a revised driveway configuration proposal. <br />Planning Commission at their meeting of March 20, 1989 briefly <br />reviewed the history of requests for this variance, and found no hardship <br />to justify the necessary side and street setback variance and hardcover <br />variance to allow the detached garage to remain. The applicants were not <br />present at this meeting although the applicants had been notified well in <br />advance of the meeting, and had been rescheduled at least once at <br />applicants* request due to applicants' scheduling conflicts. <br />Mrs. Palm suggests that she feels that she has rat been given her <br />chance to explain her request to the Planning Commission, and may request <br />that the Council refer the item back to the Planning Commission for <br />reconsideration.