05-15-2017 Planning Commission Packet

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday,April 17,2017 6:30 o'clock p.m. The applicants are proposing to encroach as close as 65 feet to the lake with the home where a 75-foot setback is required. It also results in an encroachment of approximately 15 feet lakeward of the average lakeshore setback line. The proposed terraces will encroach as much as 30 feet into the 75-foot setback. The total site hardcover is proposed to be below the allowed 25 percent at 23.4 percent of the 12,990 square feet of proposed hardcover for the site. 2,300 square feet is proposed within the 75-foot setback. The code provides for installation of a bull bathroom with a shower and/or bathtub within an accessory building providing the building is conforming and a conditional use permit is granted. A restricted covenant is required restricting the general use of the building. The applicant is proposing a full bathroom in the upper floor of the detached garage. This building will be used primarily for storage,with the upper floor to the utilized as a yoga studio for the homeowners. The filling activities exceeding 500 cubic yards within the shoreline require a conditional use permit. It appears that 1,200 cubic yards of fill material will be brought to the property. The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District will be reviewing the proposed grading and mitigation plan to ensure that the overall volume of flood storage has not been diminished. Staff has conducted an analysis of the practical difficulties and the conditional use permit criteria within Staff report. The Commission or the public can request to review the individual criteria tonight. Staff finds practical difficulties based on the size of the property,the areas impacted by the 1 percent chance of annual flood,the elevation of the property to support the variances for lot area and width as well as the requested hardcover,lake and average lakeshore setback variances for the new home. The applicants have provided a landscape plan which appears to offer relief to the neighbors to the west regarding the floodplain as well as areas of mitigation to limit the impacts of the home on the property. Comments from the public have been received and have been included in the Commission packet. An email was distributed to the Commission this evening. In addition, Staff has spoken with the neighbor to the west at 1101 Ferndale and she indicated that she generally supports the proposed plan but had concerns or questions regarding how the proposed trees and other vegetation planted on or near the Page 31 of 72