02-19-03 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Wednesday, February 19, 2003 6:30 o'clock p.m. (#03-2866 JUDY AND DAVID ZOSCHKE, Continued) Berg felt it was fair to allow the shed to remain, while requiring the removal of the steps and patio. Zoschke noted that it would be difficult to remove the concrete steps and retaining walls on the north side without causing tremendous erosion problems to that hill. Berg agreed that this removal could cause a far greater issue than allowing them to remain. She could accept removal of the patio alone. Bremer stated that, after walking the property, she felt the garage would be too tight to fit anything other than the vehicles inside, therefore, she had no problem allowing the shed to stay. Since he saw no increase in structural coverage, Rahn stated that he saw no reason to continue to look for additional removals. Mabusth moved, Rahn seconded, to recommend approval of the requested variances with the condition that 1,506 s.f. of plastic hardcover, as well as, the concrete patio in the 0-75' hardcover zone be removed prior to building permit approval. VOTE: Ayes 6, Nays 0. (#4) #03-2867 DANIEL ADAMS, 1145 TONKAWA ROAD, VARIANCES 7:03-7:35 P.M. Kathy Alexander, of Alexander Design Group, was present representing the Applicant. Bottenberg explained that the applicant had requested an average lakeshore setback, hardcover within 0-75' setback zone, hardcover within 75-250' setback zone, and structure within 75' of the lakeshore variances to remodel, add a second story and attach the existing garage to the residence. The space that currently exists between the house and garage would be filled in and the second story with dormers would be over the entire residence including the garage. Bottenberg reported that lot coverage by structure would remain below the allowed 15%, even with the addition of the proposed second story and attaching the garage. On the other hand, a 385 s.f. portion of the existing residence is located within the 75' setback from Lake Minnetonka, in fact, at the closest point it is 64' from the OHWL of the lake. The second story addition would also be above this portion of the residence and located within the 0-75' setback zone. Bottenberg continued by pointing out that, while hardcover would not increase due to the addition, the applicant had suggested removing the concrete shuffleboard and the brick next to the shuffleboard surface to reduce the amount of hardcover within the setback zone to 9.56% as compared to the previous 14.3%. A PAGE 4 of 26