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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Tuesday,January 17,2012 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> l. Lot area and lot width variances; <br /> 2. A side yard setback variance to allow maintenance of the existing 5-foot setback from the <br /> southeast side property line; <br /> 3. A 75-foot lakeshore setback variance to allow a 10-foot setback on the west corner of the home <br /> and a 13-foot setback on the southwest to allow a anew deck; <br /> 4. A hardcover variance in the 0-75 foot zone to allow 10,490 square feet(38.1 percent)where 32.2 <br /> percent was approved in 2009 and 33.7 percent currently exists. <br /> 5. A conditional use permit to rearrange the floodplain on the property. <br /> The applicants, Chip and Paula Truwit,have an interest in purchasing the property and,with the <br /> exception of a few cosmetic changes to the home, grading changes and hardcover additions/adjustments <br /> to the property,they wish to build what has been previously approved. They propose to slightly increase <br /> the size of the proposed footprint by 19 square feet over the previous approval. The proposed home <br /> consists of 3,409 square feet or 12.3 percent structural coverage. A second floor continues to be proposed <br /> over a portion of the house;although the applicants are proposing to move the second story to the west for <br /> a more central location. Although there is more massing closer to the lake,the change results in less <br /> massing against the adjacent neighbor. Also requested is an increase from 323 percent approved <br /> hardcover to 38.1 percent hardcover within the 0-75 foot zone. <br /> The applicant has provided a revised hardcover survey to more correctly reflect the property to the east <br /> and their use of the existing driveway. The area for the driveway easement has been removed from the <br /> calculations. Curtis indicated she has not adjusted her hardcover numbers within her report since the <br /> revised survey was just received today. <br /> The proposed house will be located as close as five feet from the side lot line. This is consistent with the <br /> existing home. The LR-lA zoning district requires a 30-foot side yard setback. The setback between the <br /> proposed home and the adjacent,neighboring home will be 20 feet,consistent with the way it exists <br /> currently. <br /> The house is proposed to be set back 10 feet from the lake at its closest point. The shoreland regulations <br /> require a 75-foot setback from the OHWL of the lake. The applicants are also proposing to construct a <br /> deck. A 686 square foot patio currently exists on the lake side of the home approximately eight feet from <br /> the lake at the closest point. The applicants' proposed 687 square foot deck has been located slightly to <br /> the east, away from the lake, and will be 13 feet from the lake at its closest point. <br /> Due to the flood plain mitigation proposed on site,the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District regulations <br /> require the new house to be elevated to the District's regulatory flood plain elevation of 933.5 feet. The <br /> city's RFPE is consistent with the DNR's rule of only one foot of freeboard,which is one foot above the <br /> 100-year flood plain. The driveway is within the 100-year flood plain elevation and must be elevated <br /> also. Since the driveway area to be filled is within the floodplain,MCWD regulations require the <br /> floodplain be expanded elsewhere so there is no decrease in flood capacity. Since the earthwork will take <br /> place within the 0-75 foot zone and exceeds 10 cubic yards, a conditional use permit is required. <br /> Page <br /> 18 <br />