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Clt o� ORONO <br /> � <br /> • � RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> � NO. 2620 <br /> • - • • ` <br /> 9. At their regular meeting of April 10, 1989, the City Council <br /> reviewed additional exhibits presented by the applicants, including a <br /> letter from the applicants acknowledging that they would remove the <br /> pool, but seeking approval to retain the spa and seeking approval to <br /> retain the pool equipment and maintenance structure subject to a lot <br /> line rearrangement to make that structure conforming to the required <br /> setbacks. The City Council reviewed the revised request and again <br /> determined that sufficient hardship had not been shown to justify the <br /> granting of additional hardcover in the 0-75' lakeshore setback zone. <br /> The Council further indicated that the pool and equipment maintenance <br /> structure would have to be removed unless a lot line rearrangement <br /> subdivision application was submitted. The Council voted 4-0 to <br /> direct staff to draft a resolution of denial for the pool and spa <br /> variances, and to 3ncorporate in such resolution a deadline for <br /> submittal of a subdivision application 3f the equipment shed is to <br /> remain. . <br /> 10. The Council additionally makes the following findings of fact <br /> • concerning this variance denial: <br /> A) The property as it existed prior to the pool and spa <br /> construction already exceeded the hardcover limitations imposed <br /> by the 1975 zoning code, i.e. 10.9� hardcover i.n the 0-75' zone <br /> where no hardcover is normally allowed and 70.0� hardcover in the <br /> 75-250 ' zone where only. 25� hardcover is normally allowed. <br /> B) Removal of 52 s.f. or 0.5� hardcover in the 75-250' zone does <br /> not justify the originally proposed increase of 1,393 s.f. in the <br /> 0-75' zone, nor the 0-75' increase of 126 s.f. per the revised <br /> proposal. <br /> C) The. normal shoreline elevation for Lake Minnetonka has been <br /> designated as 929.4' above mean sea level. The Orono zoning code <br /> requires that al 1 setback distances from the shoreline are <br /> measured from the 929.4' contour. The pool as constructed does <br /> not meet the minimum 50' required setback for new structures as <br /> required by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for <br /> Lake Minnetonka, and does not meet the criteria for being less <br /> than 250 s.f. in area as is currently proposed by the DNR 3n <br /> their groposed Shoreland Standards. . <br /> Page 4 of 8 <br /> • ' <br />