4300 Watertown - Condemnation Hearing Info

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area. The Sixth Avenue North berm will be 625' by 65' and 10 ft. high, requiring 4,500 cubic yards. #2382 Busse Construction is proposing to level the rear yard of Tim Otten's property at 425 Turnham Road. Mr. Otten's yard currently drops away from the house (314 m) to the rear property line (307 m). He would like to level this area and use it for lawn. The proposed grade change requires 3,925 cubic yards of fill to cover an area 220' by 180' in size. Staff (Liz Van Zomeren, Greg Gappa) visited this site and spoke to Mr. Offen about his septic site. There appears to be suitable alternate sites for a septic system, however, before any dirt is brought onto the site an alternate site should be located. #2386 and #2387 Busse Construction is proposing to locate a berm on the Gehrman property at 4300 Sixth Avenue North that would follow the property lines in the northeast corner of the parcel. A portion of the berm may be located on the Colgrove property at 4260 Sixth Avenue North, however, Pat Brazil, Busse Construction, indicated at Planning Commission that they would probably not need to be on the Colgrove property. Staff has prepared a resolution for this property in case Busse needs to be on or within 5' of the property line shared by Colgrove and Gehrman. The area to be filled will require approximately 17,310 cubic yards of fill. The land alteration needs to be at least 26' from the edge of any wetlands on site. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approve all conditional use permits for Busse Construction for land alteration, subject to the conditions outlined in the staff report as follows: #2381--grading for natural vegetation #2382--septic testing before hauling any fill and establishment of ground cover #2386/87--septic testing before hauling any fill and establishment of ground cover COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: To amend or approve the enclosed resolutions.