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APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT Attachment No. 1 Application is hereby made by Franciscos G. Bastiaens and his wife, Liliane M. Bastiaens, for the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit to allow the continuing use of a pre-existing structure (‘Tlouse A'*) located at 665 North Femdale Road as a guest house for a period of twenty-four months from the date of issuance of the Conditional Use Permit. House A is currently occupied by Applicants ’ son, Bart Bastiaens, who is a student in Mechanical En^neering at the University of Minnesota. Applicants* son will continue to reside in the house after issuance of the Conditional Use Permit. A new house (“House B“) is currently being constructed on the property by Lundren Bros. Construction, which will be the new residence of the Applicants. The Applicants currently reside at 625 North Femdale Road, which adjoins 665 North Femdale Road. Although Orono Municipal Code Section 10.03, Subd. 7, does not allow more than one principal building per building site, a “guest house ” may be allowed, via a Conditional Use Permit under the provisions of Orono Municipal Code Section 10.20, Subd. 3(G). The Applicants acknowledge that the “guest house" Ordinance requires that the property contain at least four acres. Since the property at 665 North Femdale Road does not currently contain at least four acres, the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit allowing the use of an additional structure as a “guest house" would require the granting of a Variance. Applicants request that a Variance be granted to allow their son to continue residing in the property while he is in college. Applicants agree that as a condition of the issuance of the Conditional Use Permit, they would demolish House A within 24 months from the date of issuance of the Conditional Use Permit, thus restoring the property in all respects to a conforming use. Until House A is demolished, it would be Applicants ’ proposal that the existing septic system which currently serves House A would continue in use serving that structure. The use of that septic system would be discontinued at the time of the demolition of House A. The new residence being constructed for Applicants will be served by a separate septic system, which is being installed as part of the construction. Applicants also propose that until House A is demolished, the driveway serving it directly from Femdale Road will continue in use. If a Conditional Use Permit allowing the use of House A as a “guest house ” is granted, the Applicants would further agree to abandon the existing driveway accessing the property from Femdale Road, when House A is demolished. Under the building plans rqrproved by the City of Orono, access to the new residence is from Lydiard Road. •• iv / 6 ’ •r ^ O