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Mike Gaffron <br />From: Mike Gaffron <br />Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 3:38 PM <br />'Dustin Kindl' To: <br />Cc: Casie Kindl; Jennifer Storms; Mike Fritz <br />Subject: RE: Variance Discussion, 2649 Casco Point Road <br />Hardcover Exclusion Code Excerpts .pdf Attachments: <br />Dustin & Casie - <br />I have reviewed your situation with the planning staff and the City Attorney in order to ensure we provide you <br />the correct information, as the existing code wording is less than perfect. Our conclusions are as follows: <br />1. As of Monday (March 13) the Council revised the lot coverage ordinance to allow 20% structural <br />coverage and eliminate open decks from the calculation. Therefore your structural coverage as <br />calculated at 17.8% (with the deck) last year, is no longer an issue. <br />2. Based on your lot area of 11,780 s.f. your standard hardcover allotment is 25% or 2,945 s.f. Then, per <br />Code Section 78-1684(5), "the first 100 square feet of pervious paver patios/walkways or the first 100 <br />square feet of deck with a minimum one-fourth inch spacing between boards and a pervious surface <br />below" is excluded (see the attached code section and definitions). We have been interpreting and <br />enforcing this to mean that you get your 25% hardcover f1.!.fil 100 square feet of deck/patio that meets <br />the required permeability criteria. <br />3. Based on your statement that currently without the deck your hardcover is at 2784 s.f. (or 161 s.f. <br />below the 25% limit) you could add a 240 s.f. deck which would put your hardcover at 3024 s.f., but <br />because you are functionally allowed 3045 s.f. (2945 +100), you would still be below the maximum and <br />no variance would be required. <br />4. Your building permit application for the deck would have to specify the¼" or greater spacing of <br />boards, and we would require an engineered paver system design that meets City Engineer approval to <br />be considered as a legitimate long-term pervious surface. It's more complicated than simply laying <br />down paver blocks with spaces between them . <br />Let me know if you have further questions. <br />Mike <br />Michael P. Gaffron <br />Sen ior Planner <br />City of Orono <br />(Street Address) 2750 Kelley Parkway <br />(Mailing Address) P.O. Box 66, Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br />Phone : (952) 249-4622 <br />Fax: (952) 249-4616 <br />From: Dustin Kindl [mailto :dustin.kindl@gmail.com] <br />Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 9:33 PM <br />To: Mike Gaffron <MGaffron@ci.orono.mn.us> <br />Cc: Casie Kindl <casie.kindl@gmail.com>; Jennifer Storms <jstorms@mandmquality.com>; Mike Fritz <br /><mfritz@mandmquality.com> <br />Subject: Fwd: Variance discussion <br />1