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Mayor Grabek & Orono Council Members <br />City Administrator Bernhardson <br />COUNCIL <br />JUN 181989 <br />cmroFONONo <br />o <br />Proas Michael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />Dates June ^ 1989 <br />Subject: #1391 Terry Sadler, 1396 Baldur Park Road - <br />Variance/Conditional Use Permit - Resolution <br />Soiling District - LR-IC <br />Application - Request for variance and conditional use permit to <br />construct retaining walls and place fill partially within 0- <br />75* lakeshore setback. <br />List of Exhibits <br />Exhibit A - Proposed Resolution <br />Exhibit B - Planning Commission Action Notice of 5/16/89 <br />Exhibit C - Memo 6 Exhibits of 4/13/89 <br />Discussion - <br />Please review the memo and exhibits of April 13, 198S. The <br />applicant's lakeshore yard drops steeply to the side lot line, <br />making the yard area difficult to maintain and limiting its <br />usefulness. The applicant wishes to construct a length of <br />retaining wall along the side lot line, and fill behind it to <br />create a more level yard area. <br />The proposal calls for a retaining wall to extend from near <br />the house up to a point 40* from the shoreline, the wall being <br />approximately 95* in length and the portion of it more than 2* <br />high being approximately 25* long. Approximately 60-80 cubic <br />yards of fill would be placed behind the wall. <br />City Engineer Glenn Cook reviewed the site and the proposal, <br />and felt that approval of the wall as proposed would be somewhat <br />Inconsistent with past City practice regarding changes to grade <br />within the 75* setback zone. Glenn recommended that the wall be <br />extended to a point 80* from the lakeshore at full height, and <br />then tapered to the ground in the next 10*, to a point 70* from <br />the shoreline. This would reduce by approximately 1/3 the total <br />eunount of fill to be brought in. <br />The applicant feels that Glenn's recommended plan will not <br />accomplish applicant's goals, but will merely move the steep, <br />non-maintainable slope further out from his house. Glenn also <br />suggested that it would be appropriate for the adjacent neighbor <br />to place a few inches of fill near his house to provide a <br />positive grade away from his house to the lake. Sadler feels <br />that construction of the wall per Glenn's recommendation will <br />also not help to alleviate run-off from Sadler's property to that <br />of his neighbor.