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' ; REGULAR MEETING OF THE ORONO COUNCIL HELD APRIL 23, 1984. PAGE 8 #822 HOWARD JOHNSON Councilmember Hammerel read the LR-1C zoning district requirements : "One Family Lakeshore Residential District is intended to provide a district which will allow a combination of inedium density residential development and limited agricultural activities . Planned Residential Developments may be allowed by _ conditional use permits . Proposed land use may not endanger the quality of storm water runoff into Lake Minnetonka. Because of the location of the district near Lake Minnetonka, special regulations are necessary to protect the natural resource in the effect of intense development. The district shall have immediate access to highways and to public sanitary sewers . " Howard Johnson stated that he felt he met all those requirements . Johnson stated that he proposes 9 attached units with single garages. Johnson stated that by attaching the units he is using less hardcover. Johnson stated that he has designed retention ponds to handle the excess runoff. Johnson stated that he would give the City some land. Johnson stated that he is 20 ' from one side lot line and 25 ' from the other. Johnson stated that he exceeds the side setbacks . Councilmember Grabek stated that he would not approve the PRD concept with thisproperty. Grabek asked what the applicant was planning if the people who lived there had more than one car. Councilmember Frahm stated that this property would only be allowed 2 riparian lots. Frahm asked how the applicant would divide the 2 riparian lots up between 9 units. Frahm stated that he didn' t feel that the PRD concept was an appropriate use for this property. Howard Johnson stated that he was thinking of having another 10 car garage for extra storage of cars or boats. Councilmember Grabek stated that he didn' t feel that this PRD enhanced the neighborhood. Grabek stated that it looked like a small motel 75 ' from the lake. Grabek stated that this does not have the proper access from a public road and that he would not approve a PRD for this property. Councilmember Adams stated that the intent of a PRD is to cluster the houses away from the sensitive area. Adams stated that the applicant has clustered the houses in the most sensitive area of this property next to the lake. Adams felt that this property was not appropriate for a PRD type development.