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� o� <br /> o �� o <br /> ''���,.-,�,, CITY of ORONO <br /> � � <br /> 4y1�°� ti <br /> �' �' � � '�' RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> ��`�kE58.�4�� NO. J � � `� <br /> 4. The City Council reviewed this application at a re�ular nleeting held on August 14, <br /> 2006 and on a vote of 3-0 directe.d City staff to draft a resolution for approval of the <br /> lakeshot-e setback and average lal:eshore setback variances. <br /> 5. The City Council inakes the following findin�s in support of the requested variances: <br /> a) The plat of Freuch Creelc was approved in 1985 as a Planned Residential <br /> Development(PRD)which allowed the lots to be smaller than 2.0 acres,with <br /> setback requirements of 35' front and rear, 25' sides. The existing home on <br /> applicants' property was constructed in 1988, at a time �vhen French Lal:e <br /> �vas considered for code administrative purposes as merely a wetland, <br /> reqttiring only a 26' wetland setbacic for structures. The existing home was <br /> constructed to be si�lificantly more than 26' from the apparent wetland <br /> boundary at that time and meeting all other City rec�uirenients. <br /> b) uz 1991 the Minnesota Wetland Consei-vation Act carne into effect, <br /> establishing delineation methods and development regulations with regards to <br /> �vetlands. In 1992 Orono adopted its Shoreland Ordinance �U1S112I1t t0 <br /> requirements of the MnDNfZ, which henceforth defined French Lake as a <br /> Natural Envirorunent ("NE"j Lal<e, requiring a i 50' setback ior structures <br /> from the OHWL. The OHWL was designated as elevation 930.0' after a <br /> studv of the French Lake basin bv DNR officials. <br /> c) The City Council in 1992 fully reco�lized that a number of existing homes <br /> would become non-conformin�as a result of the designation oFFrench Lalce <br /> as "NE". The Cotuzcil has since then granted a number of variances for <br /> additions to existin� nonconfonnin� residences around French Lake, the <br /> outcome dependent on the merits of each indi��idual application. <br /> d) The existing residence is a 2-level��•allcout, approximately 3�' x 80' �vith a 3- <br /> Siaii aiiuCilP.Ci �c"iiube. riii�. YCO'1.�i05�u �-i��'�i� .Zi�� X 4�� ciCiui�lO.i lC iii� ��✓�S� <br /> end of the existing residence extends the len�th of the house as vie�ved from <br /> the north and south, The length of the house �vill expand from about 90' to <br /> about 13�'. Visually, it ���ill expalid tlle ���idth and i�iass c�f tl�e hoi�le as <br /> vie�ved from across French Lake. Virtually the entire addition �vill be less <br /> tllan 150' fronz the OH��rL. <br /> PaQe 2 of 7 <br />