09-12-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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/3. TO: Planning Commission Chairman Kelley Orono Planning Commission Members City Administrator Bernhardson FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning & Zoning Administrator DATE: August 12, 1988 SUBJECT: #1320 Dr. and Mrs. Robert Brandenburg, 719 Minnetonka Highland Lane - Variance - Public Hearing Zoning District: LR--lB Application: Request for hardcover variances to reconstruct screen porch and existing deck on lakeside of house. This work is all in the 75-250' zone. List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Application Exhibit B - Plat Map Exhibit C - Property Owners List Exhibit D - Neighbor Acknowledgement Form Exhibit E - Applicant's Hardcover Calculations Annotated by Staff Exhibit F - Survey, Site Plan, and Existing and Proposed Plans Pertinent Facts 1. Applicant requests hardcover variance to remove and rebuild the existing deck and screen porch. The existing deck was constructed in the 1970's and apparently was not treated wood, hence is in poor condition. 2. in conjunction with deck and screen porch replacement, applicants are proposing minor revisions to their landscaping, the majority of which new work will be in the same location as existing stairways and planter beds. 3. Hardcover. The house and all of the proposed corstruction and landscape revisions are located in the 75-250' zone. Existing 75-250' hardcover is approximately 31.8% per Exhi:)it E-4. The applicant's landscaper has calculated approximately a 16 square foot increase in hardcover or 0.1 increase as a result of the revisions. It would appear to staff that the landscape areas underlaid by plastic account for a very small percentage of the existing hardcover on the property, and that plastic is probably necessary for foundation protection in most of the areas it exists, hence little can be gained by removal of plastic. The lakeshore bank in the 0-75' zone contains a serie of 1