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Application Date: <br />60 Day Deadline: <br />10/26/01 <br />12/25/01 <br />TO:Chair Hawn and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse. City Administrator <br />FROM:Paul Weinberger, Zoning Administrator/Planner <br />DATE:November 13, 2001 <br />SUBJECT:/I0I-2732 Revis Stephenson 111 <br />1850 Fox Ridge Road <br />Conditional Use Permit - Public Hearing <br />Zoning District:RR-IB One Family Lakeshore Residential District (2 acre) <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A <br />B <br />C <br />D <br />E <br />F <br />G <br />H <br />Engineer Comments <br />Application <br />Description of Request <br />Plat Map <br />Site Grading Plan <br />Adjacent Propert>' Owners Comments <br />Tree Restoration Plan <br />Property Owners Notification List <br />Application Summary: <br />Property owners have requested a conditional use permit to permit land alteration on the property <br />over 500 cubic yards. The project would require clear cutting the slope and depositing of 3.280 <br />cubic yards of fill, the purpose is to create a gradual slope rather than the existing steep drop trom <br />the immediate back yard of the house. The source of the fill is from the Orono Woods apartment <br />building located at the northwest comer of Highway 12 and Brow n Road. <br />Some existing less mature trees would be removed with the intent to replant once the fill is placed <br />on the hillside. Additional trees will be added to the property where existing trees can not be used. <br />The hillside would not be a maintained lawn area that is mowed, but will be left to restore itself <br />naturally. <br />Conditional Use Permit Required (Section 10.03, Subdivision 19): <br />A conditional use permit is required for land alteration of greater than 500 cubic yards. The slope <br />is not located w ithin a shoreland area, where trees and existing grades on slopes are protected. The <br />CUP allows the City to notify surrounding property owners and requires City Council approval for <br />such proposed projects. <br />The City of Orono does not have a tree preservation ordinance that would prohibit the removal of <br />existing trees. The Comprehensive Plan does address the issue of tree preservation. The CMP <br />policy on tree preservation is as follows: