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City of Gem Lake Planning.Commission Meeting = November 9� 2022 Meeting Minutes Planning Commission Chair. Joshua Patrick called the meeting to order at.7:00 p.m. Commission Members Stephanie Farrell,,Don Cummings, Derek .W ippich and Art. Pratt. were present. AIso present: City Attorney Patrick Kelly, City. Planner Evan Monson; Acting City Clerk Melissa Lawrence and Resident Mike Murzyn. November 9, 2022 Agenda A motion was made -by.. Commissioner Pratt:to aecept the agenda, seconded by Commissioner Cummings. Voice vote taken, all voted yes, motion passes; agenda accepted. Minutes A motion was:made by Commissioner. Pratt,. seconded by Commissioner Cummings to approve the October 11, 2022, Planning Commission Meeting minutes.. Voice vote taken, ail voted yes, motion passes, minutes are approved. Public Hearings Variance Request for a .100ftpool.setback-at 10 Hillary. Farm Lane The property.o.wner.is proposing to build an in -ground pool in the. backyard of -their property. Their I.ot is a lakeshore lot, located on the. east.side.of Gem Lake. The.owner's residence is located near the middle of the property, and at a distance of approximately 154 feet from the.ordinary high waterlevel'(OHWL) of the lake. The pool would be placed just west of the house, and at a setback of 128.41-eet from the lake at the nearest point. .Due to.the kei prdxitnity to the lake, it is within the Shotelabd Overlay; which is further detail.ed..in Section 21 ofthe city's Consolidated Land Use Ordinance. The setback fromthe lake (as measured from. the OHWL)shall be at a minimum .of 150 feet. The proposed pool would encroach within this:setback by. {2I .G feet, hence the variance request. Commissioner W.ippich had a couple questions directed towards the applicant Mike Murzyn; City Attorney Patrick'Kelly and the City .Planner Evan Monson. .Ql: Do you know what the DNR mandate is? .Mr. Monson: The. DNR has beerinotified,. but 1have riot received any communication from them yet. Q2:. Will the area�thot that the pool .is planned to be built going to be tLItered in -any way? Mr: Murzyn: Nothing is being altered, just disturbed like.itpreviQusly.was when the house was being buiit. Q3: What'sihe hardslfip? Mr. Monson: The day oftbe land and how -close it is to Gem Lake and that pools are not allowed to be located Iri the front yard. Q4: Over'the years the. term "variance' has changed; can .yqu-please define it? Mr. Kelly: It,can be. defined as .practical difiiculties.*What cari be -done to help prove. a variance is needed is to make surethat specific findings to: the application make it unique. .QS:.Has this projectbeen discussed with the neighbors and Home Owners Association? *Mr. Muzzym-It has been discussed with house 11,.but it has not been discussedvith house 9 yet. Any requests need to..be approved by the Home:Owners Association and we are currently working on getting that approval. Commissioner Cummings had a question directed: towards the applicant. Mike.Murzyn, QI: Is there going to be.. some sort.of natural. screening put up around the pool to soften the view? City of Gem Lake 01anninc Commission Meeting Minutcs November.9,.2022 11 P a a r