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Date Application Received: 12*17>03 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 1-20-04 <br />120-Day Review Period Expires: 5-20-04 <br />COHMCII ^iFETING <br />MAR 6 2004 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY OF 0R0.\0 <br />Date* M^rch 4,2004 <br />Item , ^ <br />Department Approval: <br />Name: Michael P. Gaffron <br />Title: Planning Director <br />Administrator Approval:Agenda Section: <br />2^ning <br />Item Description: #04-2971 William & Roslyn Hendersort/Hickory Fine Homes, <br />3220-3240 Watertown Road <br />- Lot Line Re-Plat (Preliminary Subdivision) - Resolution <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Resolution for Preliminary Plat Approval <br />B - Notice of Planning Commission Action 2-23-04 <br />C • Memo and Exhibits of 2-12-04 <br />Application Summary: This is a proposed 2-lot residential re-plat of property located adjacent to <br />Stubbs Bay Creek. In August 1990, the City of Orono approved the plat of Senn Orono Addition, <br />creating Lot 1 (3240 Watertown Road), Lot 2 and Outlot A (combined as 3220 Watertown Road). <br />The property contains protected wetlands and a protected tributary creek. The plat was approved two <br />years before adoption of Orono’s Shoreland Ordinance (Zoning Code Section 10.S6) and one year <br />prior to enactment of the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act (WCA). Both of these subsequent <br />regulations are applicable to the future development of the properties, and each has significant impacts <br />on their buildability. Neither lot has ever been built on. <br />As a result, applicants are proposing a complete lot line rearrangement to allow relocation of the <br />proposed driveway (which was never built and now would not be approved in its 1990 configuration <br />due to Shoreland restrictions) and to allow for slight revisions in potential house locations. The new plat <br />is subject to 'front lot/back lot* area and setback standards which were also not in effect in 1990 <br />The applicant has provided a grading plan and design for the driveway and creek crossing, which <br />requires a number of variances. The plan also indicates proposed house locations and elevations. The <br />City Engineer has reviewed the proposal and has provided his comments in Exhibit B of the February <br />12 memo. <br />Planning Commission Recommendation: Approval subject to conditions as noted in the staff memo <br />of 2-12-04. <br />Stqff Recommendation: Approval subject to the conditions within the attached Resolution for <br />Preliminary Plat Approval. <br />i