Agenda Packet Cc - regular meeting 1/11/1988

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Zoning File #1223 January i, 1988 Page 2 of 3 A) A portion of the existing foundation must be replaced regardless of any additions or grading. The owner requires additional living area and his two feasible options are to create that living area in the existing basement by creating a walkout, or placing an addition on the north side of the house. (These findings would constitute his hardship.) B) (These are factual or procedural findings.) The construction of a walkout on the lakeshore side of the house will require th, ,emoval of approximately 600 cubic yards of fill and major alteration of the lakeshore banks located within 75' of the lakeshore. The land alteration will be done in 2 stages over a 24 to 46 i cur period of time. Thn first phase will deal with the excavation around the house and the second phase will involve the removal of app-oximately 6 feet of the lakeshore bank. D) (These findings deal with the resulting effects of the project.) The walkout will provide additional living area and the owner will not have to construct an extensive addition on the nor' side of the house which would create additional hardcover. When completed the lakeshore bank will be at a grade that will allow easier maintenance ar9 decrease the potential for erosion of the lakeshore bank. The Cil- f Engineer finds no significant impact on quality and quai-Ai.ty of runoff as a result of the proposed construction and land alteration and similarily finds no effect on the neighboring properties. The resulting walkout cut was determined to not have any significc. detrimental impacts to the lakeshore. The grading was approved subject to the condition that erosion controls would be in effect during the grading and that the 2 phases of the project would be suitably inspected by City ataif. To contrast the Sinclair project with the Waldron project, the extent of intrusion into the lakeshore setback zone was significantly less Mith the Sinclair project. Most of the grading took place at least 40' avay from the lakeshore. with the Waldron project, most of the grading is proposed less than 5i.' from the lakeshore. In other ways the two projects are conceptually very similar considering that both Waldron and Sinclair were motivated by the potential of making th :-isting basement space more usable by creating a walkout. #910, James Hoff, 2056 Shadywood Road - In this application lair. Hofr had an existing lakeshore yard with slope of approximately 38% from a high plateau down to the lakeshore. He had always mowed *hat open yard area but was concerned about the safety of maintaining it. He proposed to reqrade the slope to approximately 24-30% by shaving as much as 2 feet from the crest portion of the slope. The Council ultimately approved this application, which included grading work within the 0-75' setback zone, based on the fact that applicant Showed by soil borings that the yard had previously been filled and that his project would restore the grades to near their original configuration.