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February 14,2002 F-/ <br />The Planning Coounissioa <br />CityofOrono <br />2750 Kelley Piarkway <br />For Fdnaiy Meeting <br />Regarding Application #02-2755, Located at 340 Willow Drive (site of new Long Lake <br />Fire Station) <br />1. A variance for the SO foot road setback. <br />2. Conditional Use Permit for hose tower, greater than 30 feet in height. <br />We would expect the new fire station to look at least as good as the Orono Municipal Building or the <br />Long Lake Sewer Station. The proposed station does not and will only look worse with a tower. Possibly <br />with a nice looking roof I would have no otjection to something some what higher. Right now it will <br />look like a gun tower and guard station. <br />There has been plenty of time to make decisions to allow for the 50 foot minimum set back. Either leave <br />the set back, move the building or don’t take the alternate for the sixth bay. The more garage doors you <br />have the more commercial it looks. The building is a proposed 29 feet and already too high without the <br />tower. <br />The least we could expect after getting a very average looking commercial building in a RESIDEbrnAI <br />neighborhood, that it stay within reasonaUc residential regulations. <br />Sincerely. <br />Ron Miller <br />270 N. Willow Drive <br />(952)473-1265 <br />Enclosed are pictures of ordinary commercial fire stations and some NICE lodcing neighborhood fire <br />statioits. <br />Also enclosed is a previous letter and pictures sent to the Orono Council.