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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday, June 15, 2015 6:30 o'clock p.m. McGrann noted the neighbors have also submitted comments in support of the project. Schoenzeit asked if 932.5' is the right elevation given last year 's flooding. Curtis stated 932.5 ' is one foot above the 100-year flood elevation. Thiesse stated the house next door is a foot lower and they experienced no water in their basement last year. Thiesse indicated the water came up on their neighbor 's yard but did not enter the house. Landgraver stated the applicant has done a good job at minimizing the negatives. Landgraver moved, Lemke seconded, to recommend approval of Application No. 15-3748 Shar Design Company, LLC, on behalf of John and Sherri Thiesse, 3855 Bayside Road, granting ot area, lot width, and side setback variances. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. (Thiesse recuzed hi It) #15-3749 HOMESTEAD PARTNERS, 185 AND 225 OLD CRYSTAL BA , PRELIMINARY PLAT, 9:58 P.M. -10:33 P.M. roposed subdivision involved two tax parcels to er e a new private road and six new 2-acare building lo All lots will be served by individual on-site s age treatment systems and private wells. Gaffron displayed an aerial photogr h of the property. The pro is mostly open, with a small wooded area surrounding the wetland he west border and ded area surrounding the existing house site on proposed Lot 1. The land general lopes downhill om east to west. There are two fairly small wetlands exist within the property, each ca a Mana 3 classification. The applicant is proposing to put buffers around both wetlands per the regulat e Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. The property is in the RR-1 B District, which allo fo ·ngle-family residential uses with a minimum lot size of two dry buildable acres. All lots meet t 200-foo idth requirement with the exception of Lot 6. Lot 6 is long and narrow, having in excess o 00 feet of fro e along the private road but just over 150 feet in width at Old Crystal Bay Road. T · does not impact the Lots 1 and 6 are comer lots with thei efined front yards abutting 01 rystal Bay Road. The applicant has depicted both lots as having th · front yards as the frontage abutting e private road. Given the layout of the subdivision, it wou be appropriate to specifically and forma define the yards for setback purposes for Lots 1 and 6 as t se proposed on the preliminary plat. The no nd south yards will be considered as front and re ards . The side yards abutting Old Crystal Bay Roa ill be considered as side street yards. The ya s abutting the west boundaries will be considered as side Gaffron stated the d eloper should be advised that unless site grading to create individu pads as part of th ubdivision improvements is proposed, the existing grads for measuring "!ding heights and nu er of stories will be the grades that exist today. Raised pads that are created acknowled in the development approval stage as creating new existing grades. Page 30 of 53