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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMTSSION MEETING <br /> Tuesday,January 17,2012 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. , <br /> The site is located within two hardcover zones. The proposed new driveway will encroach into the 0- <br /> 75foot zone by 184 square feet,but such encroachment is allowed by City Code. The applicant has <br /> reconfigured the driveway slightly to minimize intrusion into the 0-75foot zone as much as possible. <br /> Hardcover within the 75-250 foot zone is limited to 25 percent of the zone area. Existing hardcover <br /> within the 75-250 foot zone is calculated to be at 25.8 percent. Existing hardcover is comprised of 929 <br /> square feet of house, 1,783 square feet of driveway, 83 square feet of sidewalk, and 285 square feet of <br /> deck. There is currently no garage on the property. <br /> The proposed hardcover is calculated to be 30.4 percent of the zone,which is a 4.6 percent increase from <br /> the existing hardcover percentage. This increase is the result of the added garage and a significantly <br /> different arrangement of the hardcover as the property's driveway would be completely relocated off of <br /> the county road on to Baldur Park Road.The revised driveway location does make sense given the garage <br /> must be oriented towards Baldur Park Road due to the location of the prominent lake shore and the <br /> narrow width of the lot. <br /> The applicants are proposing 1,960 square feet of structural coverage,which is below the 2,079 square <br /> feet allowed on the lot. <br /> Gozola noted the proposed improvements are all outside of the floodplain for Lake Minnetonka. The <br /> structure complies with the City's height restrictions and will be just under 26 feet tall from ground level <br /> to the tip of the roof. There are no lakeshore setback issues with this application. <br /> The property owner is seeking to expand the existing home into a size allowed by code. All expansion is <br /> proposed to be located in conforming locations.Due to the width of the lot and the location of the primary <br /> lake shore across North Shore Drive,the only logical and viable location for a garage is off the rear of the <br /> existing home. In Staffs opinion,the garage being proposed is as small as it can get and still be <br /> considered a two-car garage,which is required by Code, so the applicants are not seeking more hardcover <br /> than is necessary to comply with code with regards to the garage. In looking at the driveway,the closest <br /> access point to the proposed garage location is off of Baldur Park Road, so the proposed new driveway is <br /> a reasonable proposal that will limit overall hardcover while simultaneously eliminating an access point <br /> on to the county road. <br /> The existing home is legal nonconforming to the western side yard setback. In speaking with the <br /> applicant, he indicated the location,size, shape and volume of the existing home within the <br /> nonconforming area on the lot will not be changed.Any changes within the nonconforming area would <br /> require a variance, and such a request has not been reviewed in conjunction with this application. As a <br /> condition of approval,the applicant should be required to maintain all aspects of the legal nonconforming <br /> structure within the setback. <br /> The applicant would like to discuss with the Commission the potential for a 140 square foot patio on the <br /> North Shore Drive side of the lot. The patio was not officially requested at the time of the application. <br /> Hennepin County has indicated support for relocation of the driveway from North Shore Drive to Baldur <br /> Park Road. <br /> The applicant will be required to meet the recommendations of the City Engineer. <br /> Page 5 <br />