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January 22,2004 <br />City of Orono <br />2750 Kelly Parkway <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN SS323 <br />Attn: Planning Director, Planning Commissioners, City Council Members <br />To Whom It May Concern: <br />Planning Commission Application #04-2977 has come to my attention and I am strongly opposed to this <br />application. I understand that this is a request for a Conditional Use Permit to operate a restaurant for which a <br />liquor license will be requested on the lower level of the building containing the bowling alley at 3425 <br />Shoreline Drive. Our strong objections are as follows: <br />1) The entrance to tliis establishment faces directly at the adjacent townhomes and single family <br />residential homes, which are within 50 yards of this entrance. The noise from this location is <br />already excessive. The other liquor serving nearby location, the Narrows Bar, is even more noisy. <br />Because the noise pollution from these establishments are already astonishing, we can only <br />imagine if another one was given a license in this vicinity and what the noise and loitering <br />potential would be for this new “Orono night club scene." <br />2) Kelly Avenue, the street on which this property is accessed by road, is strictly a residential road <br />that was never intended for commercial use. In the past, the City' has actually reduced, not <br />increased traffic on residential roads. One example of this is the closing of Old Orchard Road. A <br />commercial use that will generate increase commercial traffic, particularly traffic that has been <br />consuming alcohol, should not be allowed in a residential street. Young children in this <br />neighborhood could potentially be injured as a result of this traffic. Closing the road at the end of <br />the commercial use would probably be very expensive. <br />3) The proposed use is inconsistent with the residential zoning of Kelly Avenue. The proposed use is <br />not located on Shoreline Drive - it is located on Kelly Avenue. <br />4) The parking is already inadequate. <br />Based on the above points, we strongly object to the issuance of this Conditional Use Permit or for the <br />consideration of a subsequent liquor license application for a propteity in this area. We urge the Council and <br />the Planning Commission to deny the applicant’s request. <br />Sincerely, <br />David R. Hardten <br />Christine M. Hardten <br />Adeline G. Hardten (Age 4) <br />Sophia M. Hardten (Age 3) <br />li <br />1