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30 Or<>Yuy’Oirchard/'Rocid/ <br />Way^ato/, MW 55391 <br />May 30,2001 <br />Orono City Council <br />Orono Planning Commission <br />Orono Staff Members <br />c/o Mr. Mike Gaffron <br />City of Orono <br />2750 Kelley Parkway <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br />Dear Mike, <br />Thank you for your help in our request for a Conditional Use Permit regarding our desire to have <br />an additional horse on our property. The circumstances for our request are this: We have had the <br />same two horses on our property since we moved to Orono in 1988. At this time, one of our <br />horses is now an aged mare (26) and the other is an older gelding (16) with chronic lameness. <br />Both are very comfortable and can be ridden lightly some of the time, but they do not offer the <br />type of riding to which we have become accustomed. <br />For this reason, we would like to have an additional horse on our property. A family member <br />would like to give us a four-year old gelding. Otherwise, he will be sold shortly. This horse is <br />well trained and needs more riding that he is cunently receiving. He would receive the same <br />care as our other two horses and provide for longer, more frequent riding. We are not planning <br />to make any changes to the property to accommodate an additional horse; there have been an <br />outdoor turnout and additional stalls in our bam for many years. <br />As you know, the City reviewed our property in 1997 and determined that having two horses <br />here meet the requirements of a legal, non-conforming use. For background purposes only, a few <br />discussion points that surfaced at that time are provided in a separate attachment. <br />Thank you for your consideration of our request. Please contact us if you have any questions. <br />We are hopeful to have resolution on this request as quickly as possible. <br />Cordially, <br />Sandra Smith <br />Attachment <br />James Murphy <br />a O n