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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, August 18, 2014 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 15 of 33  <br />  <br />Thiess asked how the lot north of the proposed house is identified. <br /> <br />Gaffron indicated Lot 6 has a Special Lot Combination Agreement with the house, which says that those <br />two parcels have to be sold together and cannot be separated. <br /> <br />Landgraver stated in evaluating what is before the Planning Commission tonight, they have to consider <br />those two lots as one but that the other lot is a stand-alone lot. <br /> <br />Gaffron indicated that is correct. <br /> <br />Thiesse noted the ordinance says that the distance from the shoreline of existing residence buildings on <br />adjacent lots. Thiesse stated that is still a lot. <br /> <br />Gaffron stated that lot is being considered as a separate lot with the same legal rights as other 50-foot lots. <br /> <br />Thiesse asked if they are separate tax parcels. <br /> <br />Gaffron stated they are, and that once there is a Special Lot Combination Agreement, the City looks at it <br />as having virtually the same legal aspects as if it were legally combined by the county across the road. <br /> <br />Landgraver stated that is why they are able to put a dock on that lot. <br /> <br />Thiesse stated the ordinance says the adjacent lakeshore lot. <br /> <br />Gaffron pointed out the area that would be considered the adjacent lakeshore lot. <br /> <br />Lemke asked if the owner of Lot 6 would be able to construct a house on Lot 6. <br /> <br />Gaffron stated they would have to go through the same process of un-combining the Special Lot <br />Combination. <br /> <br />Thiesse stated then their average setback is set way back, which does not require a variance. <br /> <br />Leskinen noted the attorney for the applicants stated that this lot is buildable but for. Leskinen asked in <br />what way, shape or form is this lot buildable except for the average lakeshore setback since it is a <br />substandard lot. <br /> <br />Gaffron stated the Minnesota Statutes three or four years ago gave special dispensation to existing lots of <br />record. Gaffron stated if this becomes an existing lot of record, it meets the minimal lot standards <br />established by the DNR for a lakeshore lot that is in the Shoreland and would meet the area and width <br />standards. City Code says that this lot, by virtue of the fact that it would be considered a single, separate <br />lot, does not need area and lot width variances if it meets the minimum DNR standards or a minimum of <br />them. <br /> <br />Leskinen asked if it needs a sewer stub to meet those standards. <br /> <br />Gaffron indicated sewer is available on the property but there is no easement. Gaffron stated the <br />Applicants have not paid for the stub itself but they have paid for the footage. Gaffron stated there would <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - 09/15/2014 <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes <br />[Page 15 of 33]