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Council MINUTES OF THE Exhibit D ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday,August 19'2013 6:30 o'clock p.m. 8 #13-3624 PETER JOHNSON ON BEHALF OF WAGENER PROPERTIES,LLC,3165 NORTH SHORE DRIVE,CONDITIONAL USE PERM T,8:45 P.M.—8:52 P.M. Breanne Glesener, Attorney-at-Law, was present on behalf o Peter Johnson. Curtis stated the applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to conduct land alterations in excess of 500 cubic yards in order to restore the property and resulting in grades consistent with the lakeshore yard of the adjacent property at 1420 Bohns Point Road. The property contained a house until 2006 when it was dem fished in preparation for new construction. A new home was never built and the current applicant purch sed the vacant lot as it is adjacent to his home. In 2009,the City granted a conditional use permit for fill to restore the property and blend it into the existing grades of the adjacent lot. The applicant chose t to proceed at that time and the approvals expired. The current proposal is only moderately different than what as approved in 2009. The applicant is requesting conditional use permit approval to import approxi ately 2,200 cubic yards in order to restore the grade. A portion of the material is already on or near the site. Administrative permits were issued to allow the applicant to bring in 500 cubic yards of fill to each of the properties in order to take advantage of the trail near the home that is currently under construction, A new home is not proposed at this time and the applicant is proposing to remove a portion of the existing blacktop driveway. Curtis stated Staff's report outlines the CUP analysis and the Planning Commission can either walk through the CUP criteria or request that specific issues be ad essed. Staff recommends approval of the application subject to the continued oversight of the project y the City Engineer. McGrann asked if the property has looked pretty much the same since the home was demolished. Curtis indicated it has " Breanna Glesener stated she is here on behalf of Peter Johns n and that she has nothing to add to Staff's report. Acting Chair Landgraver opened the public hearing at 8: 9 p. . There were no comments regarding this application. Acting Chair Landgraver closed the public hearing at 8:49 p.m. Schoenzeit commented the City Engineer's report pretty completely covers the work that needs to be followed in order to bring in that much fill. Thiesse asked whether the garage was also removed. Curtis stated the survey shows the garage still exists. Page 1 of 8