05-15-2006 Planning Commission Packet

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. 2G9.5 �Casco Paint Road Variance Request Sent VYa Fax ta 952-�49-4616 March 20, 2006 Ci.ty o�Orono 2750 Kelle�Parkway PO�ax 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323 RE:V'ariance Requestis for 2695 Casco�Point Road T3y Pa�l Thomas Homes It appeazs that the request is no longer on tonight's planning commission agenda, WE assume it will�et rescheduled for suother meeting. We would like to submit some comments in regazd to the pro�os�d req�i�st via this leiter. We ar�doing this just in case we hav� to miss the n��c�t meeting. We are alsa doing it iz�the hope that the city's ei�gineers can address the drainage issues &automobile Curnaround issues that this properi:y suffers frorn. My tirtife and I live next door to the subject property. We h�ve livcd at 2691 Casco Paint Road since June of 1991. We have seen a 1ot of changes�ca our neigllborhoad in that period of time and we lika t1�.e xebuilding thaf has been occurring. . "rhe n�w owner o�this property,�'aul Thomas J-�ames,has requested variances to allow them ta tcar dovv��the current house and build a new one. The new owner is a builder who has pteviously built on lak�shore in our:Eair city. So the new owner was £�11�aware of the city's ordinances when he purchased the property. There is really only one vaxiance t�hat the city can reaU.�take issue with u1 lhe no�ice that was sen�ta me,that being the h�rdcvver requ�st��or the '15' to 250' zone. There is a current house on the property that ihe new owi�er wants to iear down aa�.d r.eplace. The current house is already well in excess of the 25%liardcov�r limitatiun for this zo�ne_ This hazdcover was already approved by thc city when the house was originally built in 19x9. In fact there is les�hardcover today khen originally approved by thc city. A previn�us owner removed a back dock sys�tem last summer,reducin�a couple hut�dred feeti af hardeover in tlus zonc. All that said,we want the buildex to be able to build as large a house as he wants too, assumin�: . 1, that no set back or h�3ght vaziances are r�quired, 2. that no part of the prop�rty is buiit wifhin the zero to 7S' zone, �nd 3. that total hazdcover is no greater than what the property currently uses within the 75' to 250' zone, . ;