Agenda Packet Cc - regular meeting 6/27/1988

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2. Th-- property has a defined width of 40.5' as measured at the 35' street yard setback line. The property has an average width of 43.5' overall. 3. The property is located in the LR-lB Single Family Lakeshore Residential Zoning District, which requires a minimum defined lot width of 140' and a miniimum area of 1.0 acre for construction of a single family residence per Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.24, Subdivision 5 (B). 4. The applicant has proposed to construct a residence on the property that will encroach 18' past the average lakeshore setback line where no such encroachment is allowed per Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.22, Subdivision 1 (B). 5. The area of the property within the 75-250' lakeshore setback zone is approximately 4,536 s.f., which would allow 25% or 1,134 s.f. of hardcover in the 75-250' setback zone. Based on the proposed house dimension of 24' by 401, or 960 s.f., the hardcover allowance remaining is 174 s.f., which would be insufficient to accomodate a driveway, garage, and sidewalks, which are normal and customary improvements to such a lakeshore property. 6. The property was created as part of the subdivision of "Highwood Lake Minnetonka", filed with Hennepin County on September 4, 1909. No minimum lot size requirements were in effect at that time. The property was initially zoned for Single Family Residential Use under the Township of Orono Zoning Ordinance adopted November 20, 1950, requiring a 75' minimum frontage and 15,000 s.f. land area for a building lot. The applicant purchased the property in August 1953. At the time of his purchase, the property contained a residential structure. At the time of his purchase, and at any time after that, in order for the applicant to remove that existing residence structure and construct a new one, would have required a variance. On October 12, 1959, City Ordinance #22 was adopted which established a minimum building lot size throughout the City of Orono of 140' width, and 1.0 acre area. These standards continued in effect when the property was zoned R-1(- per the 1967 Zoning Code, and again when the property was rezoned to LP-1B in the 1975 Zoning Code. The property is currently zoned LR-1B. 7. In approximately 1970, the property was served with Municipal sewer, and a full sewer unit was assessed against. the property. The applicant made the yearly assessment payments with his taxes until approximately 1985, when the E.ayoff period wa3 completed. Page 2 of 6