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r--10 - <br />TO: Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst. Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />DATE: January 11, 1993 <br />SUBJECT: #1627 Samuel A. Mccloud -Variance -Continuation of <br />Public Hearing <br />List of Exhibits <br />A -Plans submitted for structure revisions <br />B Letter and calculations from applicant's Engineer <br />C Planning Commission Minutes 3/18-20/91 <br />D Planning Commission Action Notice 3/22/91 <br />E Memo and Exhibits of 3/12/91 <br />Summary of Request <br />Please review the memo and exhibits of 3/12/91. A <br />deck/retaining wall/stairway system was constructed at the <br />lakeshore of this Big Island property some time between the 1987 <br />super storm and the 1990 septic system inspection. Applicant <br />subsequently made an after-the-fact variance application, <br />requesting approval to keep the structure, which was before <br />Planning Commission in March 1991. After discussion, Planning <br />Commission tabled the variance request, directing applicant to <br />provide a suitable plan for modifying the structure per the City <br />Engineer's comments, i.e.: <br />A. The majority of the deck should be removed. <br />B. Portions of stairway and deck could remain to provide <br />access. <br />C. Retaining walls to be modified as necessary. <br />Applicant completed the required subdivision/combination for <br />this lakeshore strip in February 1992, and his agent, David <br />Anderson of the Village Craftsmen, has submitted a proposal for <br />modification of the structure. <br />Discussion <br />Applicant has submitted a letter from Galen A. Peterson of <br />Liesch Engineering Corporation indicating that the design "appears <br />to 0e structurally sufficient for the intended function of <br />resisting the present lateral earth pressure" . Clearly the <br />applicant would prefer to not modify any of the walls. The City <br />Engineer was not willing to confirm the adequacy of the design <br />given that so many assumptions were (necessarily) made as to soil <br />types, connection methods, etc. Staff would also note that Mr. <br />Peterson did not sign his work as a registered engineer. Given the <br />-