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0 W. B. VAN NEST COMPANY 3295 CARMAN ROAD • EXCELSIOR. MINNESOTA 55331 • PHONE 612-471 -7881 July 16, 1986 City of Orono Planning Commission P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323 RE: #1053 Raymond J. Kosak Variance and Conditional Use Permit Dear Planning Commission Members: 7111 lit JUL 1860 I would like to submit the following comment; for your July 21, 1986 public hearing pertaining to Raymond Kosak, 3265 Carman Road. I have reviewed the plans for the wood deck and retaining walls being constructed around the existing swimming pool by Mr. Kosak. I understand that the deck extends Into the 75-foot setback from Lake Minnetonka and therefore requires a lakeshore setback as well as a sideyard setback variance. I would like to point out that the deck is above the ground and is constructed such that it will allow the drainage of water through the deck between the deck boards draining to the ground underneath the deck. The project also included the removal of a considerable section of concrete padio and porch area which will no longer be an impervious surface and therefore the project will actually increase the amount of absorption area in Mr. Kosak's yard for protection of Lake Minnetonka. Mr. Kosak's lot is a pie -shaped lot as are most of the lots on Carman Road. It is not uncommon for these pie -shaped lots to require sideyard variances at the building line. In fact, our house as well as most of the houses on our street, have had sideyard setbacks which were necessary in order to build on these lots. The hard- ship is due to the shape of the lot making it impossible to meet the performance standards of the zoning code without a variance. I was a member of the City Council at the time the city granted a variance to the previous owner of Mr. Kosak's house to allow them to build the concrete pool and deck, which required a sideyard setback at that time. From my review of Mr. Kosak's deck, it is not increasing the sideyard variance which has already been granted for the pool. From my perspective, I feel that this Variance and Conditional Use Permit should be approved for the deck and necessary retaining walls as it will actually reduce the amount of impervious yard which existed and generally improve the absorption ability of Mr. Kosak's yard thus improving the quality of the storm water run-off discharging to Lake Minnetonka. Compute Materials Handling Systems