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F <br />r <br />rq;f!U:I C.T/ C- <br />• • •• • • w <br />September 11, 1992 <br />iPn==;i!!i■ Ti) rs? !7= I-?! tnv-ni; • i I <br />># O Clt.* • <br />SEP i 4 1038 <br />Mr. Mike Gaffron <br />Asst. Planning and Zoning Admin. <br />Village of Orono <br />Orono, MN <br />Re: #1762 - Paul W. Boyke Subdivision <br />Dear Mr. Gaffron; <br />We are neighbors of Paul Boyke‘s living at 265 Hollander Rd. <br />When we purchased our house, our understandxng was that <br />the lot b«-.;ind us was long and narrow with a house on the screet, <br />but otherv'iSiS^ unbuildable. We considered the lot Mr. <br />Boyke bouo.;!, to be one of the most beautiful lots in the <br />Orono ar#T.5 with many old oaks, wetland, a lake and many species <br />of wild/.;^5' .including a fisher, an animal not usually seen <br />in this <br />Upon buyip:-. the lot, Mr. Boyke immediately subdivided, putting <br />a driveway through the existing property and selling off the <br />house on the street and building a house behind. His present <br />proposal would be to add a driveway onto the existing driveway <br />and to build another house, making the houses "three-deep" <br />on the lot. Then to add a little foot path(road?) to allow <br />access to a forth lot to the back or lake side. <br />We have been involved in comprehensive planning on the village <br />level and have, as the owners of a small office building been <br />involved in development and met with Plymouth's planning Commission <br />on several occasions. Our experience has taught us that the <br />two most important elements in determining whether a property de­ <br />velopment plan fits into comprehensive planning is consistency <br />and appropriateness. That is, is it consistent with the <br />development in the village in plan and layout? Does Orono <br />consistently allow developers to subdivide lots four deep <br />without direct access to a thoroughfare or wouxd <br />this be the planning of 75 to 100 years ago? If Mr. Boyke <br />had proposed such a development when he originally bought <br />the lot would it have been approved as it is now, as a <br />development ? Is this development appropriate to this area? <br />Does it set back with other homes on the lake? <br />1 <br />i <br />L_ _ _