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TO: Planning Commission Chairman Kelley <br />Planning Commission Members <br />City Administrator Bernhardson <br />FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />DATE: May 27, 1988 <br />SUBJECT: #1286 Gary Roderick Construction Inc., 1749 North Farm Road - <br />- Variance - Publi.: Hearing <br />ZONING DISTRICT: LR-lA Single Family Lakeshore Residential, 2 acres, <br />unsewered. <br />APPLICATION: Requesting a variance to allow 6' fence along side lot line <br />adjacent to County Road 6. <br />LIST OF EXHIBITS: <br />Exhibit A - Application <br />Exhibit B - Plat Map <br />Exhibit C - Property Owners List <br />Exhibit D - Survey/Site Plan <br />Exhibit E - Pertinent Code Sections <br />PERTINENT FACTS <br />1. The applicant is re,luesting a variance to the 42" maximum fence <br />height requirement, in order to provide a noise barrier between the <br />residence and the 50 to 60 mile per hour traffic flow on County Road <br />6. He is also intending that the proposed fence will provide for a <br />degree of safety by keeping small children within the yard and off the <br />County Road. Note that applicant is the builder of the home and it is <br />for sale. <br />2. The proposed fence will extend from the existing North Farm Road <br />sign post structure, and will be located approximately 10' to 15' <br />inside the actual property line for its entire 300' length. The <br />distance of the fence from the edge of the pavement will be <br />approximately 35'. The proposed fence will cause absolutely no visual <br />obstruction for traffic ortering or leaving North Farm Road. <br />3. The proposed fence is cation along its entire 300' length appears <br />to be level with or no r+ore than, 2' to 3' below the crown of County <br />Road 6. <br />4. The fence will end r�,proximately where the larger trees begin at <br />the west end of the property. The applicant's intent is to have the <br />fence run between the t%4, ::cws of existing small trees which have been <br />planted along the lot ]in <br />5. Please be reminded "hr_t Orono Ordinances allow a 6' high fence <br />along a County Road ( �or thoroughfare") only on lake frontage <br />lots. The zoning coo.,? -:actions dealing wit.t� fences are 10.03, <br />Subdivision 15 (c,d,e,f . .. -*4 'action 10.22, Su►'�ivision 1. Copies of <br />these section are atta-he.-s exhibit F. <br />