1994-02-03 Memo, LMCD App for Variance

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LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT In Re: Application of Michael D. Revier teat � 83j The applicant in this case is Michael D. Revier. Mr. Revier seeks a variance to adjust his dock use area to allow construction of a dock and storage of boats at the subject property which is located at 2691 Ethel Avenue in the city of Orono. The property is located on Carman Hay . This case also involves several adjacent and nearby properties. From the north, the first of these properties is located at 2684 Casco Point Road and is owned by Mr. and Mrs. David Runkle (the "Runkle Site") . The next property is owned by Mr. Michael Revier, the applicant in this case ( the "Revier Site") . The next property to the south is owned by Mr. C. Gordon Amundson, 2697 Ethel Avenue (the "Amundson Site") . To the south of the Amundson Site, is a parcel owned by Mr. R. Kauffman at 2696 Ethel Avenue (the "Kauffmann Site"). The Revier Site has approximately 26 feet of shoreline at the ordinary high water level. The hardship asserted by the applicant for the variance requested is that the extended lot lines of the Revier Site converge as they enter the lake and do not allow a dock use area of a reasonable size or shape for the storage of watercraft. The board finds that this fact does constitute a hardship within the meaning of LMCD code section 1.07. The owner of the Revier Site has a deeded right to construct a dock and store boats on the Amundson Site which has 15 feet of shoreline. The Amundson Site, by itself, is not sufficiently large to allow reasonable construction of a dock or boat storage. The board also finds that this constitutes a hardship within the meaning of LMCD code section 1.07. If the Revier and Amundson Sites are considered together, the combined site would have 41 feet of shoreline. However, because of the converging lot lines, there is not sufficient room for reasonable dockage and boat storage even if the two parcels CLL63201 L9110-4 1