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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 23, 2003 • 7:00 o'clock p.m. ( #03 -2869 DR. ROBERT GUMNIT, Continued) Mrs. Graham stated that, truly, they do not have lakeshore, they have merely wetlands and to be labeled lakeshore is inaccurate. Moorse asked if they have any access to the lake. Gaffron stated that they would need to construct a 600' dock to access French Lake. Murphy questioned whether this might open the door to other applications and fuel an Ordinance change. Gaffron believed that, if the Council chose to use the fact that this is a wetland, not a lake, as their hardship to support the granting of this application they would have a strong evidence to support it in this case. Murphy moved, Mayor Peterson seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 4996, a Resolution approving the gravel pathway reconstruction and granting conditional approval for the horse use upon the property located at 1100 Old Crystal Bay Road South. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0. 5. #03 -2886 DENNIS AND DIANE KILLIAN, 1300 SPRUCE PLACE — VARIANCES • Gaffron explained that the applicant was requesting the following variances to permit construction of a new residence on the property: 1) Lot area of 20,300 s.f. (.47 acres) where 43,560 s.f. is required 2) Hardcover within the 0 -75' lakeshore setback zone: 274 s.f. (2.47 %) where none is permitted 3) Hardcover in the 75 -250' setback zone: 3,367 s.f. (36.6 %) where 2,298 s.f. (25 %) is allowed 4) Grading and filling within 75' of the OHWL of Lake Minnetonka where no grading nor filling is permitted 5) Placing fill in a bluff impact zone where no fill is permitted • While the applicants wished to have their application heard at the same time as the neighboring property, discussion regarding this application centered on whether there was a hardship to allow new construction to exceed the maximum hardcover permitted in the 75 -250' setback zone. Gaffron reported that the Planning Commission recommended by a 4 to 3 vote to approve the requested variances with the following conditions: 1) Grading plans must illustrate contours between the house and the street 2) Plans should show the proposed driveway location and grades that do not exceed 10% 3) Site grading between this parcel and the 1280/1290 Spruce Place lots should be coordinated 4) Erosion control should be installed, inspected, and approved prior to any work on the site 5) No additional hardcover for landings, patios, etc. will be permitted beyond what is proposed on the plan PAGE 7 of 15