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#2484.Woodhill CC <br />May 5,1999 <br />Pages <br />JL26SXU2- Tlicre is iw question titai Woodhill Avenue served as a secondary access <br />to Woodhill Country Club for many decades prior to issuance of the 1968 CUP. Tlte <br />1968 CUP was not detailed, however, and docs not lead to any conclusions regarding <br />the coniinuing use of, or level of use of, the Woodhill Avenue access. It was <br />unquestioned in llie 1968 CUP that County Road 15 w,is ihe access to the Country <br />Club. <br />The 1968 CUP document tdentihes a request fora "Non-Confonmng (sic) Use Pcmiil <br />for golf course ”, and its approval on 9-13-68 included tlic following minimal <br />'conditions' of use: "Approximately 150 acres in Oiono. Club house and various <br />buildings for entertainment. Private club " The sketch wliich accompanied Uic 1968 <br />CUP request shows an access to County Road 15, depicts interior driveways and <br />buildings, and shows a dnveway leading to the edge of the map but not identified as <br />a connection to Woodhill Avenue. <br />1980 Closure . The Club in 1980 closed off it's Woodhill Avenue driveway access <br />to most vclucular trallic, and placed a new chain across the entrance which became <br />accessible only if the cltain was removed by the Club The Club infonned tlic City <br />ill writing of its intent to voluntarily close the driveway, and staled that the Club <br />reserved the right to use the entrance should it choose to do so in the future. <br />1987 Subdivision and Easement. In 1987 the Club, in conjunction with a private <br />developer, subdivided the property south of Woodhill Avenue and created the 5-lot <br />residential plat of Woodhill Ridge. The subdivision resulted in tlic following actions <br />which are pertinent to this review: <br />1.Created a new private road to serve Lots 1,2,4 and 5, extending southward <br />from near the cast end of existing Woodhill Avenue. <br />Resulted in expansion of the dedicated right-of-way at the east end of <br />Woodhill Avenue, apparently to incorporate the unused driveway leading <br />from Woodhill Avenue into the Club property, so that said driveway would <br />be within a public right-of-way rather than within one of the private <br />residential lots. <br />Resulted in upgrading of existing Woodhill Avenue firom Orono Orchard <br />Road to a point just past the intersection with the new private road serving <br />Woodhill Ridge, ending approximately 65* west of the Club’s property <br />boundary but apparently to provide a connection to the old chained-o^ <br />driveway.