08-16-2010 Planning Commission Packet

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• . � �To: Chair Kang and Planning Commission Members Jessica Loftus, City Administrator From: Melanie Curtis, Planning & Zoning Coordinator IU� (/ . , Date: 12 August 2010 ' Subject: 10-3484, City of Orono, Code Amendment- Historic Buildings Amend Code Sections 78-1 and 78-1434 Public Hearing ---------------------------------------------------------------'------------=------ Pertinent Zoning Ordinance Sections Sec. 78-1. Definitions. Sec. 78-9434. Area restrictions. In all R districts, no accessory building shall exceed 1,000 square feet of footprint area; except that accessory structures in excess of 1,000 square feet will be allowed under the following conditions: 2 Oversized accesso structures are re ulated b the followin table: Lot Area (acres) Maximum Individual Accessory Maximum Allowed Total of All Structure Footprint Area (square Accessory Structure Footprint " feet ' Areas*on a Pro ert s uare feet • 0--1.99 1,000 � 2,000 ' 2.00-3.00 1,200 � 2,400 3.01--3.50 1,400 • 2,800 3.51--4.00 1,600 3,200 4.01--4.50 1,800 3,600 . 4.51--5.00 2,000 4,000 5.01--6.00 2,200 4,400 6.01--7.00 2,400 4,800 - 7.01--8.00 2,600 5,200 8.01--9.00 2,800 5,600 9.01 or more 3,000 6,000 * Excluding nonroofed tennis courts, pools, paddocks, arenas. � Summary The City of Orono has not formally adopted a historic registry or regulations to protect ' and preserve structures considered by some to be historically significant to the City or to the Lake Minnetonka area. One method of preserving historical buildings is to move them from a site to be developed or to be changed on to a new site where the building can be preserved. The City's accessory structure regulations may make it difficult to allow for preservation of . buildings, particularly large buildings, without special consideration or variances. This issue was recently brought to the attention of City staff following the June 24'h State Supreme Court ruling on variances. A property owner approached the Cify for permission to move an existing, historic barn, constructed in approximately 1910, from one property to another property in order to preserve it along with the original home, also constructed in approximately 1910. The barn exceeds the maximum size limitation for the property where it is intended to be located. Without a variance the barn would have . to be reduced to the allowed square footage or it would not be permitted. �