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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,April 17,2017 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> The total site hardcover is proposed to be below the allowed 25 percent at 23.4 percent of the 12,990 <br /> square feet of proposed hardcover for the site. 2,300 square feet is proposed within the 75-foot setback. <br /> The code provides for installation of a bull bathroom with a shower and/or bathtub within an accessory <br /> building providing the building is conforming and a conditional use permit is granted. A restricted <br /> covenant is required restricting the general use of the building. The applicant is proposing a full <br /> bathroom in the upper floor of the detached garage. This building will be used primarily for storage, with <br /> the upper floor to the utilized as a yoga studio for the homeowners. <br /> The filling activities exceeding 500 cubic yards within the shoreline require a conditional use permit. It <br /> appears that 1,200 cubic yards of fill material will be brought to the property. The Minnehaha Creek <br /> Watershed District will be reviewing the proposed grading and mitigation plan to ensure that the overall <br /> volume of flood storage has not been diminished. <br /> Staff has conducted an analysis of the practical difficulties and the conditional use permit criteria within <br /> Staff report. The Commission or the public can request to review the individual criteria tonight. <br /> Staff finds practical difficulties based on the size of the property,the areas impacted by the 1 percent <br /> chance of annual flood,the elevation of the property to support the variances for lot area and width as <br /> well as the requested hardcover, lake and average lakeshore setback variances for the new home. <br /> The applicants have provided a landscape plan which appears to offer relief to the neighbors to the west <br /> regarding the floodplain as well as areas of mitigation to limit the impacts of the home on the property. <br /> Comments from the public have been received and have been included in the Commission packet. An <br /> email was distributed to the Commission this evening. In addition, Staff has spoken with the neighbor to <br /> the west at 1101 Ferndale and she indicated that she generally supports the proposed plan but had <br /> concerns or questions regarding how the proposed trees and other vegetation planted on or near the <br /> common property line would affect the light, air and open space they currently enjoy from their home, <br /> specifically from the windows on the east side of the home. <br /> Planning Staff recommends approval. The applicants have demonstrated practical difficulties to support <br /> the requested variances without generating neighborhood opposition. The proposed landscape plan offers <br /> additional infiltration opportunities offsetting the hardcover and structure placed within the 75-foot <br /> setback. They have satisfied the criteria for approval of both of the requested conditional use permits. A <br /> covenant should be signed by the property owners relating to the plumbing within the detached garage. <br /> The Planning Commission had no questions for Staff. <br /> Jean Rehkamp Larson, Applicant, stated she is here tonight on behalf of Bill Tores. Larson indicated they <br /> have worked closely with the landscape architect to design a house that has a thoughtful scale and broken <br /> into pieces so the massing is not large, and is a much more sensitive plan than the previous proposal. <br /> Larson stated in their view it does address the neighbors' concerns and creates a view corridor from the <br /> Lebedoff's house. <br /> Thiesse asked if what would happen if they rotated the house to be more in line with the average setback. <br /> Page 21 of 48 <br />