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1 <br />« t <br />Date Application Received: 12*17*03 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 1*20*04 <br />120-Day Review Period Expires: S-20-04 <br />3 <br />m. C <br />To;Chair Smith and Planning Commissioners <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Subject: <br />Mike Gaffron, Planning Director <br />February 12,2004 <br />#04-2971 William & Roslyn Henderson/Hickory Fine Homes, <br />3220-3240 Watertown Road - Lot Line Re-Plat (Preliminary Subdivision) <br />Zoning District: <br />Lot Area: <br />RR-IB Single Family Rural Residential, 2-acre min. <br />9.75 Acres (7.57 ac. dry, 2.18 ac. wetland/creekbed) <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 tributai7 creek. The plat was approved two <br />years before adoption of Orono’s Shoreland Ordinance (Zoning Code Section 10.56) 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 now provided a grading plan and design for the driveway and creek <br />crossing, which requires a number of variances. The plan also indicates proposed house <br />locations and elevations. The City Engineer has reviewed the proposal and has provided his <br />comments in Exhibit B. <br />Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions. <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Grading and Driveway/Creek Crossing Plan <br />B - City Engineer Conunents 1-22-04 <br />C - Notice of PC Action 1-26-04 <br />D - Draft PC Minutes of 1-20-04 Meeting <br />E - Memo and Exhibits of 1-14-04