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r i. . <br /> � � <br /> Date Application Received: 10/18/2006 <br /> Date Application Considered as Complete: 7/18/07 <br /> 60-Day Review Period Expires: 9/16/07 <br /> To: Chair Kempf and Planning Commission Members <br /> Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br /> From: Evelyn Turner, City Planner <br /> Date: August 20, 2007 <br /> Subject: #06-3243 North Shore Gardens on behalf of Richard Marzan, <br /> 2895 Pheasant Road <br /> - Conditional Use Permit and Variances <br /> -Public Hearing � <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> Zoning District: LR-1B (lacre) <br /> Lot Area: 1.07 acres <br /> Lot Width: 150 feet � <br /> Application Summary: This project would address the very steep lakeshore slope on <br /> this property. It would include re-vegetating the slope, installing approximately 40 <br /> lineal feet of retaining wall, replacing the steps to the lake, adding a lakeside patio and a <br /> deck over the slope. The Applicant requests a conditional use permit for a retaining wall <br /> within the 75' lakeshore setback, a hardcover variance for the retaining walls, patio and <br /> decks within the 0' to 75'zone, a lakeshore setback variance for the deck, and a variance <br /> to permit intensive vegeta.tion removal within the 0' to 75' foot zone preparatory to <br /> re lanting the slo e. <br /> Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval of the <br /> vegeta.tion removal variance but does not recommend approval of the hardcover and <br /> setback variances and the conditional use ermit. <br /> Pertinent Zoning Ordinance Sections <br /> Sec. 78-1211. [Shoreland] Definitions. <br /> Intensive vegetation clearing means the complete removal of trees or shrubs in a <br /> contiguous patch, strip,row or block. <br /> Sec. 78-1283. Steep slopes. <br /> Any applicant requesting a permit for construction of sewage treatment systems, <br /> roads, driveways, structures or other improvements on steep slopes shall provide " <br /> adequa.te information to allow the city to evaluate possible soil erosion impacts and <br /> development of[sic] visibility from public waters before such permit may be issued. <br /> When determined necessary, conditions sha11 be attached to issued permits to prevent <br /> erosion and preserve existing vegetation screening of structures, vehicles and other <br /> facilities as viewed from the surface of public waters, assuming summer, leaf-on <br /> vegetation. <br />