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LAKE ELMO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT Date: January 5, 2006 for the Meeting of January 9, 2006 Applicant: Patrick & Anne Flanagan Location: 4473 Olson Lake Trail Requested Action: Zoning Variances Land Use Plan Guiding: SRD Existing Zoning: R-1 with Shoreland Overlay Site History and Existing Conditions: Records of the Washington County Assessor reveal that this one-story (walk -out) home and two car detached garage (with two additional lower level garage spaces) were constructed in 1962. The home is listed by the Assessor to have 1,440 square feet of living area and a 221 square foot three season porch. The lot area appears to be approximately 35,000 square feet (8/10t" acre) net of road right-of-way, A portion of the existing house (but not the existing garage) is located within the 100 foot OHW setback to Olson Lake. The existing minimum OHW setback appears to be 90 feet. The existing septic system is sized for a four bedroom home. The only significant City permitting activity for this site of record is a 1989 approval of a Shoreland OHW setback variance to allow the reconstruction of the septic system 65 feet from the OHW where 75 feet is the required setback. The existing (1989) septic system is sized for a four bedroom home, but the applicant proposes to construct a new septic system on the road side of the house — sized for four bedrooms, not for 5 bedrooms as the applicant's plans depict - but well outside the 75 foot OHW setback for septic systems. Discussion and Analysis: The applicant has proposed a substantial renovation and addition to the existing house/garage that will both further encroach on the OHW setback (both horizontally and vertically); and (as applied for) encroach to a minor degree on the north side yard setback. The applicant has advised staff that a slight adjustment can be made to the proposed plan that would eliminate the side yard setback variance (3/10 foot). Just how that can be accomplished utilizing the existing north wall .of the garage is not apparent. This Report is drafted on the assumption that the suggested adjustment will be made, and no side yard setback is therefore proposed. The house would continue to have a 2 car upper garage (25.5 X 24), but the lower garage could be considered an additional 3 cars (766 square feet) even though accessed by a single garage door facing the lake. The vertical dimension of the house would also increase by at least 8 feet likely more due to the roof pitch proposed compeered to the existing roof pitch. Adjacent homes north and south of the subject are all single story (3 of 4 with walk -out to the lake) and range from 1,900 to 4,225 square in total area. (2678 and 1900 to the south; 2690 and 4225 to the north), and the finished area of the proposed house would appear to exceed 4500 square feet. The OHW setback encroachment of the structure would increase as follows: