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f <br />i <br />September 11, 1992 <br />;i ‘ .• ««« « <br />■ : f <br />-nvr <br /><i ^ *»»v w ‘^y ' v^ <br />» <br />Mr. Mike C^’ffron <br />Asst. Planning and Zoning Admin. <br />Village of Orono <br />Orono, MN <br />SEP 1 4 iS52 <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 understanding was that <br />the lot behind us was long and narrow with a house on the street, <br />but otherwise unbuildable. We considered the lot Mr. <br />Boyke bought to be one of the most beautiful lots in the <br />Orono area with many old oaks, wetland, a lake and many species <br />of wildlife including a fisher, an animal not usually seen <br />in this area. <br />Upon buying 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 would <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?