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Mayor Barbara Peterson Orono City Council Page 2 July 8,2002 The Stephensons* applications do not meet the requirements of the City of Orono. The Stephensons' applications fail to meet the requirements of the City of Orono in at least two critical respects: *(1)The Stephensons failed to notify property owners within 350 feet of the property. In their application for an amended permit, the Stephensons seek after-the-fact approval of alterations the Stephensons made to their property at 1850 Fox Ridge Road and to their neighbors’ properties at 1895 and 1900 Fox lUdge Road. The mailing list covers only property owners witMn 350 feet of the Stephensons ’ property. (Copies of the mailing list and map used by the City and a map marked by us to show the area 350 feet from all the effected properties are attached). When the Stephensons violated their original CUP, they deprived the City of Orono and all of their neighbors the opportunity to review and comment on the work the Stephensons illegally performed. The Stephensons are now denying some of their neighbors the right to review and comment on their request for after-the-fact approval by failing to notify all property owners within 350 feet of the property the Stephensons actually altered. The Stephensons failed to provide a certificate of survey for the property that is the subject of the application. Orono requires with each application for a zoning or building permit a certificate of survey, signed by a registered land surveyor, showing existing and proposed structures and improvements. Where the application includes proposed changes in grade or drainage, Orono also requires the applicant to submit a drainage plan. The Stephensons altered the grading and drainage of 1850, 18^5, and 1900 Fox Ridge Road. The Stephensons ’ certificate of survey covers only 1850 Fox Ridge Road. The failure to provide a survey of all of the effected property is not just a technical defect. By failing to survey all of the effected property, the Stephensons deprived their neighbors and the City of Orono an opportunity to consider and analyze the lull impact of the Stephensons ’ project. The Stephensons failed to obtain MClVD approval of the amended plan. The Stephensons ’ application for an amended CUP and variance is also incomplete because the Stephensons failed to submit the amended plans to the Miimehaha Creek Watershed District (the “MCWD”). The MCWD issued a permit for the grading work covered by the original CUP. In fact the MCWD issued a stop work order to the Stephensons when the Stephensons failed to 2234562V2 !