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8-31-2002 CITY of ORONO 2750 KELLY PARKWAY ORONO, MN 55356 LETTER to ORONO BUILDING & ZONING OFFICE and CITY COUNCIL REGARDING LAND USE APPUCATIONS NO. 02-2827 & 02-2828 in SECTION 10.24.5(B) ZONE LR-1B This letter Is to advise the City of Orono Building and Zoning department that I (we) oppose the requested Variances to minimum lake shore lot area and lake frontage by Stonewood Design & Buiiders, purchaser's of Lot 8&9 of Berquists Addition to Saga Hill (4515 N.Shore Drive). While the original planning, which was done 50 years ago. was for two 1/2 acre iots, the city now has zoned this area to lidve 1 acre minimum lots for sufhcient front yard setbacks and shore line usage to provide environmental safe guards of land use. This is particularly true In this case as this is a coved shoreline frontage on these lots and the safe distances between individual dockage and swim areas are at a minimum now and the addition of 2 more shore line usage's would make it even more hazardous. The loss of shoreline coverage is also at risk with 2 dock and swimming areas instead of one. To appreciate the problem we recommend the zoning personnel go to the area and look at the crowded shoreline now and it will be apparent that 2 homes will only increase the hazards. The sate of these 2 lots now gives the City the opportunity to combine iots to meet city Zoning of 1 acre minimum and the 140 foot lake frontage. The purchaser is a contractor and therefore has the opportunity to construct one large home on the combined lot instead of 2 smaller homes and thus can recover the high cost of the 2 lots even with only 1 home. The lot on tt« west side of the two lots is one acre now and the one on the east side is approximately 1/2 acre, however, if you look at the platting of the surrounding area many of the lots have been combined in the past to provide sufficient room for a home and lake usage and still keep the environmental Impact to a minimum. This helped the tight compaction of homes in the past but still did not give enough space to meet present day usage and conservation needs. Across the street are 3 homes with 1 acre lots and some that are smaller but were combined in the past to improve closeness and land use protection. One lot will fulfill the long needed improvement in home compaction and environmentai protections that the city is trying to accomplish with its present zoning requirements. Piease disapprove these requests for variances which will help improve and meet our lakeshore congestion and land use. Name of Properly Owne r " hC ^ of (print name] Name of joint Properly Owner (print name] Property Owner sign (print address] (print address] ' Date 4 Joint Property Owner sign y) /> Date