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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 /> 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 /> Larson stated in her opinion it would create more of an obstruction to the neighbor than it currently does. <br /> If the house is rotated,due to the low level of the site,the drainage that occurs on the northwest part of the <br /> site would be reduced and it would be harder to mitigate the water. <br /> Charles Fendlayer,Landscape Architect,noted the site is a very complex site and there have been a lot of <br /> issues with the complexity of how the house is situated on the property. Fendlayer stated this is basically <br /> an unbuildable lot. The highest point on the property is out towards the lakeside where there is the ridge <br /> at about the 100-year floodplain,which is where the previous home used to sit. Soil boring testing closer <br /> to the wetland has found peat and other unstable soils in that area. <br /> One of the main requirements and challenges was to mitigate stonnwater onsite. Fendlayer noted they <br /> have been working with a civil engineering firm to create a stormwater management plan,which was one <br /> of the requirements from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. Approximately two-thirds of the site <br /> is located underneath the floodplain area and subject to flooding. The proposed design mitigates the same <br /> Page 32 of 72 <br />