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UPPENF+%.IMER WOLFF FOSTER SHEPARD AND DON N ELLY Mayor and Council Members May 3, 1982 Page Three e;.,sts on the 2.7-acre site a peninsula would similarly exist if the 2.7-acre site was surrounded by land on all but this one south side. If this property were "typical" and had water on only the one side, the zoning code would allow hard cover on 25'1 of the land lying behind the 75-foot south setback. This would leave approximately 1.75 acres, 25�, of which could be used for hard cover. Thus, if this property were "typical" and had lake on only one side, approximately 19,000-20,000 square feet co-Ild be used for hard cover. Because the Baldur Park property happens to be surrounded by lake on more than one side, the City code has the effect of penalizing the developer by imposing a devastating requirement of approxi- mately 5,000-6,000 square feet of permissible hard cover. It seems fair and reasonable that the City should consider the fact that its hard cover ordinance has a very unusual application in situations where a lot is atypical; that is, bounded by water on more than one side. 3. This PRD Contem lates Ap.Lr�oximately the Same Hard Cover as Allowed on "T g Lots. apical", Bui-ldabl Another mea.iingful comparison is to compare the hard cover on the ovPr.all PRD site with the hard cover allowed on the overall site of a typical lot. For example, if a person had a 1/2-acre lot on the Lake measuring 100 feet wide by 218 feet deep, the ordinance would allow the owner of that lot to construct hard cover on 3,575 square feet of the lot. Stated another way, the ordinance wo�ild require that at least 18,205 square feet of that 1/2-acre lot remain open, which would be 84$ ton -hard cover open area. The PRD plan developed by Ernst Associates and Tonka Lake Properties asks the City to approve a plan having 83* non -hard cover open area. In other words, a typical lot owner coul.d, as a matter of right, — construct on 16% of his overall acreage, and Tonka Lake Properties is requesting that it be allowed to construct on 17% of its overall area. This is a very insignificant difference. 4. The Development on the Baldur Park PRD is Harmonious With, If Not Less Intensive Than, Develo ment in the Surro,indin Nei hborhood. It seems fair to treat Tonka Lace Properties similar to its neigh- bors in Orono. There seems to be little dispute that the hard cover developmen} on Baldur Paik would be no more, and probably less, intensive than the hard cover -levelopment on surrullindinq properties.