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Planning Commission Meeting
Monday, October 16, 2023, 6:00 P.M.
Orono Council Chambers, 2780 Kelley Parkway, Orono, MN 55356
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Audience Members:
Information regarding each of the Agenda items is available on the City website (www.oronomn.gov) under Agendas
Minutes & Videos and in the Public Packet — located in the lobby near the entrance.
Applicants will be asked to move to the lectern to answer questions after staff presents the application.
The Planning Commission is an advisory body to the City Council. If action is taken on any items on this agenda, they
will be scheduled for an upcoming City Council meeting. A quorum of the City Council may be in attendance of a
Planning Commission meeting to hear comments made, though no action or deliberation of the Council will occur.
Council Representative: Matt Johnson
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes: September 18, 2023
Public Hearings:
1. LA22-000059 Tom Ryan, 2245 Watertown Road, requests preliminary plat approval to create one additional
building site. (Staff: Melanie Curtis)
2. LA23-000050 Lucid Builders, 3359 Crystal Bay Road, requests variances for lot area, lot width, 75-foot lake
setback, hardcover, hardcover within the 75-foot lake setback, and rear yard setback to
construct a new house. (Staff: Natalie Nye)
3. LA23-000051 Keplinger & Keranen Builders, Inc., 2795 Shadywood Road, requests lot area, lot width,
hardcover, rear yard setback, lake setback (lake and channel), building on fill and not meeting
a 15 foot fill bench requirments within the Shoreland District to construct a new house. (Staff:
Melanie Curtis)
4. LA23-000053 Pillar Homes Partner, Inc., 3765 Watertown Road, requests a front yard setback variance to
construct a covered entry. (Staff: Natalie Nye)
5. LA23-000058 Tripp Snyder, 1513 Bay Ridge Road, two public hearings. (Staff: Melanie Curtis)
a) An Appeal of the staff interpretation of Section 78-1279 relating to this request.
b) After -the -fact approval of setback variances to address expansions to a
nonconforming deck.
6. LA23-000059 Pebl Design, 980 Tonkawa Road, requests approval of an average lakeshore setback and
side yard setback variance for an accessory structure in the side yard. (Staff: Natalie Nye)
7. LA23-000054 Text amendment within Chapter 78 which contemplates the allowance of retaining walls within
the Shore Setback zones. (Staff: Laura Oakden)
Other Items:
Update on October 9, 2023 City Council meeting.
Adjourn
Planning Commission Liaison to November 13, 2023 City Council meeting: Bob Erickson
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