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Planning & Zoning Board January 9, 2008 Page 2 APPROVED MINUTES V. ACTION ITEMS A. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING for a Rezone, Preliminary Plat and Variance for a one lot residential s ubdivision to be called Vaughan’s 1 st Addition, located at the north end of Ruffed Grouse Road on Outlot D, Pheasant Hills Preserve Paul Bengtson, Associate Planner, presented the staff report. City Staff recommended approval of the request subject to the eight conditions listed in the staff report. Mr. Laden asked what the just ification would be for approvi ng the requested variance. Mr. Bengtson explained that staff’s recommendation for the variance was based on condition number one which would limit the deve lopment to one lot at the end of Ruffed Grouse Road. He added that with only one lot, the adjacent dwellings would be closer to the OHWL than what is being proposed and a variance would no longer be necessary. He continued that findings would be made for a variance if stil l necessary at City Council. Mr. Laden asked about the possibility of reduc ing the front yard setback instead of the OHWL setback. Mr. Bengtson re plied that they could ente rtain that possibility, but wanted to maintain the character of the neighborhood as much as possible. Mr. Kevin Gardner, Metro Land Surveying & Engineering, was presen t to represent the applicant. Mr. Gardner apol ogized that Mr. Vaughan was una ble to attend the meeting. Mr. Gardner stated that Mr. Vaughan did not agree with the first condition of approval, and asked that the board discuss alternate opti ons than enlarging the lot line. He did note that Mr. Vaughan may have been unaware that staff would be favorable to an easement across Lot 1 that would allow for future acce ss to the island if the lot line was adjusted. The board members and Mr. Gardner discussed what would be the best action taken by the board without delaying this application any further. Mr. Pogalz reopened the Pub lic Hearing at 7:09 p.m. Sandy Seebold, 6668 Ruffed Grouse Road, asked the board members to look closely at this request. She would like Lot 1 to include all of the upland area and wants to make sure that the city’s Shoreland Ordinance is fo llowed. She stated the lot is a very low lot and suggested that P&Z Board Members look at previous DNR records regarding this lot. She stated that the neighbors estimated the necessary fill to be about 10,000 yards and require about 80 trucks to haul. She stated th at the roads would not be able to allow for this impact. She said she is not against th e development of one house, but does not want to agree that he can sell in the future. She asked the board to consider this application closely. Mr. Rafferty asked who determined the estimate d number of trucks to fill the area. Ms. Seebold stated that the neighborhood estimated that 80 trucks would be required. Ms. Seebold stated that there is detailed inform ation on the fill from the previous application. She also noted that the cul-de-sac was moved forward to deter from variances.