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I tj • <(Ml c;TY C- September 11, 1992 > _ _/ iif• j u ;_'rc ‘wt:.-. iLi *j w Li."'"' Mr. Mike Gaffron Asst. Planning and Zoning Admin. Village of Orono Orono, MN SEP 14 «53B Re; #1762 - Paul W. Boyke Subdivision Dear Mr. Gaffron; We are neighbors of Paul Boyke*s living at 265 Hollander Rd. When we purchased our house, our understanc.j.nq was that the lot behind us was long and narrow with a house on the street, but otherwise unbuildable. We considered the lot Mr. Boyke bought to be one of the most beautiful lots in the Orono area with many old oaks, wetland, a lake and many species of wildlife including a fisher, an animal not usually seen in this area. Upon buying the lot, Mr. Boyke immediately subdivided, putting a driveway through the existing property and selling off the house on t.he street and building a house behind. His present proposal would be to add a driveway onto the existing driveway and to build another house, making the houses "three-deep" on the lot. Then to add a little foot path(road?) to allow access to a forth lot to the back or lake side. i We have been involved in comprehensive planning on the village level and have, as the owners of a small office building been involved in development and met with Plymouth's planning Commission on several occasions. Our experience ha-i taught us that the two most important elements in determin.lng whether a property de velopment plan fits into comprehensive planning is consistancy and appropriateness. That is, is it consistant with the development in the village in plan anl layout? Does Orono consistently allow developers to subdivide lots four deep without direct access tc a thoroughfare or would this be the planning of 75 to 100 years ago? If Mr. Boyke had proposed such a development when he originally bought the lot would it have been approved as it is now, as a development ? Is this development appropriate to this area? Does it set back with other homes on the lake?