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Date Application Received: 08/20/2025 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 09/03/2025 <br />60-Day Review Period Expires: 11/02/2025 <br />To: Chair Bollis and Planning Commission Members <br />Adam Edwards, City Administrator <br />From: Melanie Curtis, Planner MCC <br />Date: 15 September 2025 <br />Subject: #LA25-000038, Grizzly Construction o/b/o James Morrison, 1384 Baldur Park Road <br />Variances <br />Public Hearing <br />Application Summary: <br />The applicant is requesting the following approvals to redevelop the property with a new home: <br />1. Lot area variance; <br />2. Lot width variance; <br />3. 75-foot lake setback variance; <br />4. Hardcover variance to exceed 25% overall; and <br />5. Hardcover variance within 75 feet of the OHWL. <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval. <br />Background <br />The subject property is located on the Baldur Park peninsula. Although the <br />property only abuts the lake on the north side, 75-foot lake setback restrictions <br />impact both sides of the property. The applicant has requested several land <br />use approvals to construct a new home. <br />The new home is proposed to improve the setback from the northern lakeshore <br />and will slightly increase the hardcover level. The proposal improves the lake <br />setback on the south by 13 feet by removing an existing 737 square foot <br />detached garage (42 feet from the OHWL) and adding the new attached garage <br />(55 feet from the OHWL). Within the combined northern and southern 75-foot <br />lake setback areas, a 1,247 square foot hardcover reduction is proposed. The <br />proposed plan increases the overall hardcover by 0.1% (from 3,909 square feet <br />to 3,910 square feet). <br />The driveway is located within the southern 75-foot OHWL setback. The <br />existing driveway approach (curb cut) is nonconforming at approximately 50 <br />feet wide, where 20 feet is permitted. The proposed 12-foot-wide driveway <br />improves the nonconformity and provides a conforming 5-foot setback from <br />the side lot line. <br />Practical Difficulties Analysis <br />Applicant Submittal Information: The applicant has not clearly identified <br />practical difficulties supporting the requested variances. They have responded <br />to the practical difficulty criteria and a short narrative attached as Exhibit C, <br />and should be asked for additional testimony regarding the application. <br />Planning Staff Practical Difficulty Analysis: Regarding practical difficulty, Staff <br />finds that there are practical difficulties in the substandard lot size supporting <br />the redevelopment of the property. The applicant has not identified practical <br />difficulties that support the requested variances. However, the requested <br />variances appear to be reasonable and are supported by practical difficulties. <br />°tea <br />�leV, Oprk dopy <br />O <br />9 <br />