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c�t� o� oR,oNO . <br /> � RESOLUTION OF THE CI.TY COUNCIL' . <br />, � -� NO. 2292 . <br /> � <br /> ' • • • • <br /> WHLREAS, the applicants have applied to the City of Orono <br /> (hereinafter "the City") for after-the-fact variances seeking approval of <br /> Iand alterations conducted within 0 to 75 feet of the lakeshore of Lake <br /> Minnetonka where none is allowed per Section 10.22, Subdivision 2 and <br /> Section 10.55, Subdivision 8 and a height variance of 9 feet for the <br /> existing principal structure where only a maximum allowed height of 30 feet <br /> ' is allowed per Section 10.28, Subdivision 5 (A) and an after-the-fact <br /> conditional use permit per Section 10.03, Subdivisions 19 and 20 for land <br /> alterations not authorized under Orono Resolution No. 2172 or Orono <br /> Building Permit No. 6385 conducted within the lakeshore protected area and <br /> within 75 to 250 feet of the shoreline; and <br /> WHERE�S, the City Council has reviewed the application; the <br /> • recommendations of the staff and Planning Commission, the comments and <br /> written statement submitted by the neighbor, the comments and written <br /> statements of the applicants, applicants' attorney, and the applicants' <br /> site pYanner. <br /> 3�I061, THER�FORE, BE YT R$SOLVED, that the City Council of the City <br /> of Orono hereby denies the after-the-fact application as described above <br /> based upon one or more of the f-ollowing findings of fact concerning this <br /> propertys <br /> FINDINGS <br /> l. The p�operty is located in the LR-1C, Lakeshore Residential Zoning <br /> District and consists of 32,308 s.f. or .74 acres. The District <br /> requires 21,780 s.f. or .5 acres in area. <br /> 2. Prior to the restoration of the property, the former principal <br /> structure was Iocated 59 feet from lakeshore and hardcover <br /> improvements were recorded as follows on the property: <br /> 0°75' = 7.1�, Allowed = 0� <br /> 75-250 ' = 28.1� Allowed = 25$ <br /> 250-500 ' = 12$, Allowed = 30$ <br /> � 3. The former residence was approximately 16 feet above the elevation <br /> •of the lakeshore and was situated at the highest point on a bluff or <br /> • lakeshore bank. Two timber retaining walls were installed in the <br /> southwest corner/lakeshore of the property approximately 15 and 30 <br /> feet in length and a single stone retaining walY approximately 20+ <br /> feet to the east and 40 feet in length providing structural. support <br /> for the lakeshore bank. <br /> Page 2 of 13 <br />