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Zoning File #1555 <br />July 12, 1990 <br />Page 4 of 5 <br />The applicant has been made aware of the need for a separate <br />filing and has asked that the preliminary subdivision application <br />be considered independently from the conditional use and variance <br />application. The staff has discussed the proposed land <br />alterations with the Zoning Administrator for Minnetonka Beach. <br />She advises that the City of Minnetonka Beach currently has a <br />moritorium on all proposed land alterations of flood plain and <br />wetland areas within their city. The City of Minnetonka Bea :;h <br />cannot affectively act on the request to fill within Lot 1, Block <br />2 at this point. <br />Applicant proposes placement of approximately 1,800 cubic <br />yards of fill to be placed below the 931.5' elevation but above <br />the 929.4' OHW of "ake Minnetonka. The excavations within the <br />City of Orono are to compensate for the storm water storage <br />volume lost within the Minnetonka Beach portion of the flood <br />plain. The purpose of the filling appears to not provide greater <br />area for the building envelope, but merely as an expansion of the <br />yard area. <br />Isses for Planning Connission's Consideration Regarding Land <br />Alteration Issue: <br />1. Should the City of Orono permit excavations within <br />flood plain/wetlands for filling projects that would be in <br />complete violation of the codes of our City? <br />2. Should all compensating excavations be completed within <br />the City of Minnetonka Beach? <br />3. Based on the configuration of the floodplain within the <br />Minnetonka Beach area, compensating excavations may be <br />severely limited? - Should filling be limited to the ability <br />of Minnetonka Beach to locate suitable area within the <br />floodplain boundaries of Minnetonka Beach? <br />Planning Commission should advise applicant as to their <br />position regarding a conditional use permit and variance that <br />would ask for excavations within the floodplain of Lake <br />Minnetonka for filling within a lakeshore protected area no <br />matter what city the property is located. <br />The applicant has failed to show drainageways that enter the <br />property along the east and southern boundaries. The drainage <br />map should be updated to locate drainage paths and their impact <br />upon the dry buildable envelopes if any.