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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2001 PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS — JEANNE MABUSTH, • REPRESENTATIVE Mabusth thanked the Council for their encouraging comments to the school district representative concerning automating the voting process in the next election. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT 6. #01 -2689 Mandeep Sodhi, 4080 Dahl Road — After - the -Fact Variances and Conditional Use Permit — Resolution No. 4719 Weinberger stated that the homeowner was not present. The issue was in regard to the landscape plan. The contractor removed a lot of vegetation and undergrowth, and also replaced a stairway and retaining wall. Some of the undergrowth removed was not native to the lakeshore area. Two additional trees were being required, one above the retaining • wall, and one at the center of the property. The City had discovered during a recent inspection that landscape fabric was placed under a layer of wood chips. The applicant is required to remove the landscape fabric, and the plan is to allow the land to restore itself naturally in addition to the required plantings. The fabric will be allowed through the spring thaw to prevent erosion, with a deadline of June 30, 2002 to remove the fabric and allow the land to restore itself naturally. White stated they should be required to plant native vegetation along the shoreline because indigenous plants will have the best root systems. Weinberger stated they could add language to the resolution requiring indigenous plants in a 20' buffer zone along the lakeshore. The species shall be identified by the City. White moved, and Mayor Peterson seconded, to adopt Resolution No. 4719 granting variances to Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.22, Subdivision 1 and Section 10.56, Subdivision 16(L)(1), and Section 10.55, Subdivision 8 to permit structure and hardcover within 75' of the lakeshore for a stairway and retaining wall; a conditional use permit is required per Municipal Code Section 10.03, Subdivision 19 to replace the retaining wall within the 75' lakeshore setback, and approval of a landscaping plan to restore vegetation removed on a bluff line and within 75' of the lakeshore where limited removal is allowed, with the additional condition that within 20' of the lakeshore only native, non - invasive vegetation be planted. Vote: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 4