11-10-2025 - Agenda Packet Cc - Regular Meeting

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AGENDA ITEM Date: November 10, 2025 Item: 15 Title: LA25-000043, 865 Partenwood Road, Variances & CUP - Resolution 7639 Presenter: Matt Karney, Planner Section: Consent Agenda Purpose: The applicant requests variances for new hardcover and building expansions within the 75' lakeshore setback and a conditional use permit for a new retaining wall within the 75' lakeshore setback. 2. MN§15.99 Application Deadline: The application was made on September 17, 2025, and deemed complete on October 8, 2025. The 60-day review period is to expire on December 7, 2025. 3. Background: The applicant proposes a project to rehabilitate and expand the existing home, rework an access to the house, and a new retaining wall. The property is a peninsula where a majority of the existing conditions are within the lakeshore setback. The home expansion includes a redesign of the roof with extensions to the eaves, a reconfiguration of the deck, and additions on the main and upper levels on the west side of the house. Other portions of the work on the home include a new balcony, a planter and a chimney, but these features are located within the existing roofline. There is an existing timber retaining wall within the lakeshore setback to the channel east of the property. It is in deteriorated condition where runoff is impacting the home. The applicant has proposed a new limestone wall in the place of the existing wall, roughly 2.4 feet further in length. The applicant submitted an engineer's letter (Exhibit D) that supports the increase in length of the retaining wall to protect an existing berm between the house and the channel. Since the Planning Commission meeting, the applicant has submitted an amended site plan for the project. The applicant has revised the plan to utilize the existing driveway as it crosses through the property to the garage. The amended plan also proposed a reorientation of the front sidewalk. The front sidewalk accounts for minimal new hardcover within the lakeshore setback. The application is proposing to reduce the overall hardcover within the lakeshore setback roughly 1,185sq.ft overall. Link to Planning Commission packet. (Application Materials Found Here) 4. Planning Commission Vote and Comment: On October 20, 2025, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and discussed the application. Following the public hearing, the Commission voted 7-0 to recommend approval of the variances and conditional use permit as recommended by staff. Link to Planning Commission video. Public Comment: 87