10-23-1989 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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/o To: Mayor Grabek & Orono Council Members COUNCIL MEETING City Administrator Bernhardson OCT 23 1989 From: Michael P. Gaff ron, Asst Planning & Zoning Admim raae r Date: October 17, 1989 rr ORONO Subject: #1453 William Hibbs, 1905 Fagerness Point Road - Variance Zoning District - LR-lC, Single family lakeshore residential, acre, sewered Application - Request for hardcover variance to enclose existing canopy area. List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Planning Commission Action Notice 9/19/89 Exhibit B - Planning Commission Minutes 9/18/89 Exhibit C - Memo & Exhibits of 9/15/89 Discussion Please review the memo and exhibits of 9/15/89, and the Planning Commission minutes. The applicant is proposing to enclose an existing canopy area to make it a screened porch. This area is already hardcover, but is a change in the nature of hardcover where hardcover is already at 45.1% in the 75-250' zone. The Planning Commission considered this application at their September 16, 1989 meeting and recommended on a vote of 5-1 to deny the request. The basis for denial was that there is no existing garage on the site, and the current proposal was not comprehensive in nature. Planning Commission was concerned that the applicant or a future owner would likely at some later date request additional variances to construct a garage. Applicant noted that the logical place for a garage would be a tuck -under at the southeast of the house, accessing directly to Fagerness Point Road. Such a scheme has not been proposed by applicant at this time, but a brief look at the property would suggest that such a scheme could reduce bituminous paving on the property by 200-300 square feet or about 3%. Also note that a tuck -under garage exiting to the southeast would require a variance for garage door location being less than 30' from the right-of-way. The minority opinion at the Planning Commission level was that "hardcover is hardcover" and that the applicant is not increasing hardcover, is proposing to enclose to canopy that meets the required setbacks, and any future changes re�iuiring a garage would require another variance application and review by the Planning Commission: regardless of the current request.