10-28-2013 Council Work Session Packet

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Site Visits—Current Permit or Land Use Application: • Site visits to take photos for current/upcoming applications; • Met with property owner, contractor and city engineering staff to discuss changes to a proposed grading plan; Site Visits/Follow-Up—Code Enforcement: • Junk & debris; • Unpermitted filling/grading; • Noxious weeds; � Work without proper permits; • Unpermitted tree cutting, etc; • Worked with owner and builder to resolve an after-the-fact permit violation; • Resolved an after-the-fact violation involving unpermitted earth movement (fill); Meetings—Current Land Use Applications: • Met with applicants for upcoming PC or Council agenda; • Additional meetings with developer regarding finalization of a subdivision on Sixth Ave; • Met with the applicant regarding options for an oversized building; • Discussed code requirements for the Bayside Meadows plat with neighboring property owners; • Met with residents with questions on the application to subdivide 3700 Northern Ave; Meetings—General Inquiries, Permits & Pre-Application: • Met with the owner of a business in the Industrial district regarding signage, screening, etc • Met with a property owner about a permit for an addition requiring variances; • Met with builder, landscape contractor, homeowner and surveyor (various times) to resolve issues related to unpermitted changed plans for the final landscape/grading associated with a new home; � Met several times with a contractor regarding a pool on a property with wetlands, setback, and septic constraints; • Met with property owner regarding permit and survey requirements to build a new home; • Met with a builder regarding a number of upcoming projects in the City; • Met with a builder to discuss building height and massing on a potential project; • Met/discussed with several individuals their plans for creative business ideas (none of which were a fit for or allowed in Orono); • Met with a realtor and potential buyer of a commercial property in Navarre; • Met with interested party to discuss allowed uses for a commercial property along Wayzata Blvd; • Met with a builder regarding a project for lake access stair construction and retaining walls within the 75' zone; • Met with a builder several times regarding their plans for unusual grading for building permit (new home) on Casco Point;