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History of Property 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The existing horse bam has been at its current location and size since at least the mid- 1950's or earlier. The horse bam in the mid-1950's was accessor/ to the residence now owned by Mr. Struyk currently known as 40 Orono Orchard Road North. The property contained approximately 40 acres at that time, including the residence and the bam. The small house now known as 20 Orono Orchard Road I i. (the "comer lot") was already on a separate parcel as of the mid-1950's, although airphotos indicate that driveways interconnected the apparent ^se of the two properties. The low area north of the bam (now the middle of the wetland Tn Lots 12 & 13) contained an oval riding ring. The property, including the comer lot, was subdivide in 1978 to create new unsewered building sites of two-plus acres each. In July 1978 the City approved two optional lot configurations: a 1 2-lot plat with the bam and the comer house platted together as a single lot; or a 1 3-lot plat with the comer lot separate from the bam, but the comer lot expanded to contain at least 2 dry-buildable acres The second option was ultimately chosen, and the City allowed dry-buildable credit for the wetland area that exists today but which was dry in 1978. As a result, the comer lot platted as Lot 13 contains 2-p!us acres of which only half is considered dry- buildable by today’s standatrds and prevailing condition. And, Lot 10 with the horse bam contains approximately 3.7 acres of which approximately 0.1 acre is wetland. In approving the subdivision as it was ultimately configured, the City did not address the accessory structure status of the bam, and did not require that it be removed, although it became an accessory simcture without a principal structure. The City also placed no conditions on the future use of the propert>’, even though it obviously contained a horse ham and fenced area historically use to keep horses. A building pemiit was issued in November 1982 to Steve Neslund for a new home to be constructed on Lot 12 which was constructed during 1983 and Certificate of Occupancy issued in January'1984. Curiously, the Certificate of Survey used to obtain the building permit did not show the then-existing horse bam, although that survey purports to show "the location of all buildings, if any, thereon...". In July 1987 the City received a complaint about manure storage at the site. The inspector did not find manure being stored but did find 3 horses. The inspector somehow concluded that the site had 4.2 acres of land and ordered the third horse to be removed, which was done without question since the third horse was apparently being housed only temporarily for a friend of the owner.