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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 10, 2006 7:00 o'clock p.m. (5._ #06 -3182 JEFF MIKKELSON ,1436 BALD UR PARK DRIVE, Continned) • White stated he does not see a hardship to grant a variance to allow the house to be moved closer to the lake. Murphy stated they would like to meet the DNR setback of 50 feet as much as possible. Murphy inquired whether the applicant eliminated the stooped entryway in the back. Mikkelson stated he did. Murphy stated he would not be opposed to the covered entryway. Mikkelson stated the house closer to the lake would allow him a better view of the lake to keep an eye on his son. Murphy moved, McMillan seconded, to direct staff to draft an approval resolution for Application #06 -3182, Jeff Mikkelson, 1436 Baldur Park Road, with the condition that the house be Iocated per the Planning Commission recommendation, but not be moved seven feet closer to the lake as requested by the applicant, and with the understanding that a covered stoop would be allowed in the back. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 6. #05 -3123 STONEWOOD DESIGN/BUILD FOR MIKE HART, 1005 LINDEN LANE — REVIEW OF REMODELING VS REBUILD STATUS • Sven Gustafson, Builder, and Dave McDonald, structural engineer, were present. Gaffron indicated Staff has been working with the builder on this project, noting that the builder was brought on board later in the process. It has been determined that less of the original house and foundation would be remaining than what was initially thought at the time the application was approved. Gaffron noted a portion of the house was located in the 0 -75' setback. Based on the foundation report by the applicants' engineer, two of the four existing basement walls are in such a precarious state that they need extensive repair. The degree of foundation repairs needed suggest that the applicants would ultimately be better served by replacing rather than repairing those two walls. Gaffron indicated the current plans indicate that only the foundation cap will remain of the existing house superstructure and will need some shoring up. Two of the foundation walls need extensive repair, and the remaining foundation walls are either being replaced with wood framing or will remain as -is. Gaffron stated approval was granted based on the understanding that this would be a remodel rather than a rebuild and that the Council has the option to, one, conclude that this project still meets the intent of the variance approval and allow the inadequate foundation walls to be replaced rather than repaired, which would ultimately result in a better quality structure or, two, allow the project to go forward but only allow the foundation to be repaired as currently proposed and not replaced or, three, conclude that this should now be considered as a total rebuild and direct the applicants to start over in their design process to build a home meeting the 75' setback requirement and reduce hardcover. • PAGE 6 of 15