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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLAN1vING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,June 15,2015 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> McGrann noted the neighbors have also submitted comments in support of the project. <br /> Schoenzeit asked if 932.5' is the right elevation given last year's flooding. <br /> Curtis stated 932.5' is one foot above the 100-year flood elevation. <br /> Thiesse stated the house next door is a foot lower and they experienced no water in their basement last <br /> year. Thiesse indicated the water came up on their neighbor's yard but did not enter the house. <br /> Landgraver stated the applicant has done a good job at minimizing the negatives. <br /> Landgraver moved,Lemke seconded,to recommend approval of Application No. 15-3748 Sharratt <br /> Design Company, LLC,on behalf of John and Sherri Thiesse,3855 Bayside Road,granting of lot <br /> area,lot width,and side setback variances. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. (Thiesse recuzed himsel� <br /> 11. #15-3749 HOMESTEAD PARTNERS, 185 AND 225 OLD CRYSTAL BAY ROAD <br /> NORTH,PRELIMINARY PLAT,9:58 P.M.— 10:33 P.M. <br /> Matt Hanish, Homestead Partners, was present. <br /> Gaffron stated this is a proposed subdivision involved two tax parcels to create a new private road and six <br /> new 2-acare building lots. All lots will be served by individual on-site sewage treatment systems and <br /> private wells. <br /> Gaffron displayed an aerial photograph of the property. The property is mostly open, with a small <br /> wooded area surrounding the wetland at the west border and wooded area surrounding the existing house <br /> site on proposed Lot 1. The land generally slopes downhill from east to west. There are two fairly small <br /> wetlands exist within the property, each carrying a Manage 3 classification. The applicant is proposing to <br /> put buffers around both wetlands per the regulations of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. <br /> The property is in the RR-1 B District, which allows for single-family residential uses with a minimum lot <br /> size of two dry buildable acres. All lots meet the 200-foot width requirement with the exception of Lot 6. <br /> Lot 6 is long and narrow, having in excess of 600 feet of frontage along the private road but just over 150 <br /> feet in width at Old Crystal Bay Road. This does not impact the buildability of Lot 6. <br /> Lots 1 and 6 are corner lots with their defined front yards abutting Old Crystal Bay Road. The applicant <br /> has depicted both lots as having their front yards as the frontage abutting the private road. Given the <br /> layout of the subdivision, it would be appropriate to specifically and formally define the yards for setback <br /> purposes for Lots 1 and 6 as those proposed on the preliminary plat. The north and south yards will be <br /> considered as front and rear yards. The side yards abutting Old Crystal Bay Road will be considered as <br /> side street yards. The yards abutting the west boundaries will be considered as side yards. <br /> Gaffron stated the developer should be advised that unless site grading to create individual house building <br /> pads as part of the subdivision improvements is proposed,the existing grads for measuring building <br /> heights and number of stories will be the grades that exist today. Raised pads that are created must be <br /> acknowledged in the development approval stage as creating new existing grades. <br /> Page 30 of 53 <br />