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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCII. MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 13, 1995 ( #7 - Home Occupation License Renewal - Continued) • The home occupation code states that no employees are allowed to work inside the home, only the owners. During the wife's illness and after her death, a nurse had assumed secretarial and phone duties for half the day. Mabusth reported that Staff recommended that the application be granted conditional approval, allowing a six -month period for the applicant to resolve the secretarial and vehicle parking issues due to the hardships involved. Hurr was told that there were approximately three licenses within Orono where variances had been approved. Mabusth said that this should be discouraged, and the applicant would be encouraged to seek other alternatives. Hurr moved, Goetten seconded, to conditionally approve the home occupation renewal license for Ben Meinhardt at the property located at 3585 Sixth Avenue North for a six - month period (August 13, 1995) and to direct Staff to submit a status report on the final resolve of the business operation and to further determine if the use involves violations of the code and if variances would be appropriate or acceptable to the City. Ayes 3, Nays 0. MAYOR/COUNCM REPORT Goetten reported that she would be attending the meeting in Long Lake with Mn/DOT on the Hwy 12 issue and had received an update from Mayor Todd Olson. • Hurr said she would be attending a hearing on Wednesday, 2/15/95, on Lasher Landing. ENGINEER REPORT ( #8) KELLY AVENUE DRAINAGE City Engineer Glenn Cook presented the Council with a draft assessment roll for the proposed storm drainage improvements on Kelly Avenue, north of Carman Road. The assessments do not include costs for raising the elevation of Kelly Avenue or replacing the sanitary sewer in the area. Two options were developed. One assessment roll was divided on an area basis over the entire property that has direct runoff to the drainage area. The other option was assessment based on the type of land use, residential or commercial, where commercial properties would be assessed twice that of residential properties. This was determined by the fact that commercial properties generally have twice as much hardcover as residential properties. The formulas were developed with the amount of runoff and land taken under consideration. Cook reported that any decision made would more than likely be considered as the policy to be followed for future projects • 4