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CITY OF ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />4. The Property contains 2.16 acres in area and has a defined lot width of over 200 feet. <br />5. The property will be served by municipal water and sanitary sewer. <br />6. The Property is within Tier 1 and hardcover is limited to 25 % according to the Stormwater <br />Quality Overlay District. <br />7. The 3 parcels will be subdivided into 2 buildable lots and 1 outlot. The oudot will be used <br />for access, consistent with the requirements of Section 82-256 regarding front/back lot <br />divisions. The two buildable lots will conform to the requirements of the zoning district <br />related to lot area and width, and both lots provide adequate building sites within the <br />required front, side, rear, lake yard, and average lake yard setbacks. <br />8. The Developer has prepared grading plans to manage stormwater on site without negatively <br />impacted adjacent parcels <br />9. Access to the property is via the northern extension of Ivy Place, a public road, and via a <br />private easement through 3560 Ivy Place, a private occupied residence. <br />10. In considering this application for variance, the Council has considered the advice and <br />recommendation of the Planning Commission and the effect of the proposed subdivision <br />upon the health, safety and welfare of the community, existing and anticipated traffic <br />conditions, light and air, danger of fire, risk to the public safety, and the effect on values <br />of property in the surrounding area. <br />11. The Parks, Trails and Open Space element of the Orono Community Management Plan <br />(CMP) has no current plans for parks that specifically require dedication of park land from <br />this property. The City will confirm the park dedication required at the time of final plat. <br />12. The developer has submitted a Conservation Design Report and Master Plan prepared by <br />Anderson Engineering dated July 17, 2017 that inventories and describes in detail the <br />environmental features of the site, defining what natural values of the site should be <br />preserved or enhanced and how that should occur. In general, the site is a point into Lake <br />Minnetonka, and a number of low quality volunteer trees have emerged. The site is very <br />flat, and not much higher than Lake Minnetonka, requiring special care in building <br />construction. A preliminary landscape plan has been developed to introduce high quality <br />planting to the site. <br />2 <br />