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FILE # LA25-000036 <br />18 August 2025 <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />LOT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET <br />Section 6.12.1450 & 6.12.6940 — Setbacks. <br />LR-1B <br />Required <br />Existing / As -Constructed <br />Rear / Street <br />NA <br />No change <br />North Side <br />7.5' <br />Patio Area improvements 0' <br />Lake Yard Retaining Walls 0' <br />South Side <br />7.5' <br />N/A <br />Lakeshore <br />75' <br />±50' <br />Section 6.12.9210 — Hardcover Calculations: <br />Stormwater <br />Total Area in <br />Overlay District <br />Allowed Hardcover <br />Existing Hardcover <br />Proposed Hardcover <br />Tier <br />Zone <br />Tier 1 <br />27,859 s.f. <br />6,964 s.f. <br />6,462 s.f. <br />6,829 s.f. <br />(25 %) <br />(23%) <br />(24 %) <br />Applicable Regulations: <br />Side Yard Setback Variances (Chapter 6.12 Sections 1450 & 6940) <br />Based on the property's width, it is eligible for the side yard setback reduction from 10 feet to 7.5 feet. The patio, <br />stairs, and low walls near the home are required to meet a 7.5-foot setback. As constructed, they extend up to and <br />across the property line. <br />Retaining walls taller than 2 feet must meet a 5-foot side setback. The tiered walls in the lake yard are ±48 inches <br />in height and extend up to and across the property line. As constructed, they must meet a 5-foot setback from the <br />side property line. <br />CUP for Walls within the 75-foot Lake setback (Chaster 6.12 Section 6240 <br />The code provides for new walls within the lake yard via a CUP. The walls are approximately. According to Section <br />6.12.6240, new walls and replacement walls greater than four feet in height must be: <br />1. Designed to correct an established erosion problem; and <br />2. Suitable given the demonstrated need; and <br />3. Designed by a registered engineer or landscape architect, depending on project scope; and <br />4. Designed to be the minimum size necessary to control the erosion problem. <br />GOVERNING REGULATIONS: <br />Variance (Section 6.12.530) <br />In reviewing applications for variance, the Planning Commission shall consider the effect of the proposed variance <br />upon the health, safety, and welfare of the community, existing and anticipated traffic conditions, light and air, <br />danger of fire, risk to the public safety, and the effect on values of property in the surrounding area. The Planning <br />Commission shall consider recommending approval for variances from the literal provisions of the Zoning Code in <br />instances where their strict enforcement would cause practical difficulties because of circumstances unique to the <br />individual property under consideration, and shall recommend approval only when it is demonstrated that such <br />actions will be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Orono Zoning Code. Economic considerations alone do <br />not constitute practical difficulties. Practical difficulties also include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to <br />direct sunlight for solar energy systems. Variances shall be granted for earth -sheltered construction as defined in <br />Minn. Stat. §216C.06, subd. 14, when in harmony with this chapter. The board or the council may not permit, as a <br />variance, any use that is not permitted under this chapter for property in the zone where the affected person's <br />land is located. The board or council may permit, as a variance, the temporary use of a one -family dwelling as a <br />two-family dwelling. <br />155 <br />