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^-1 <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />Chair Hawn and Orono Planning Commission <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Paul Weinberger, Zoning Administrator/Planner <br />November 9,1999 <br />SUBJECT:Request for Dock Access <br />220 Big Island <br />Exhibits <br />Big Island Address/Ownership Map <br />Enlarged East Area Map i ^ D <br />Fnlargg^ West Area Map k* •'I ^ <br />Resolution No. 203SJx ^A \ * <br />ity Council Minutes (August 25, 1986) Approving Resolution No. 2038 <br />Summary of Request <br />David Lovelace is owner of the property located at 220 Big Island. The property is an inland lot <br />without lake access. Mr. Lovelace has applied to the City of Orono for a dock permit per Municipal <br />Code Section 10.31, Subdivision 5 (C). The City Council has preliminarily reviewed this item. <br />Please refer the to the enclosed City Council Minutes from October 25,1999. <br />On April 12,1999 the City Council granted a lot area variance for the propert>' located at 220 Big <br />Island to permit David Lovelace to construct a seasonal dwelling on the property. As of the date <br />of this memo the City of Orono has not recei% ed a building permit. The propert>’ is 4.3 acres in size <br />and is land locked. The access to the lot is \ia any of the undeveloped public roads. A major issue <br />for the property owner is dock access. This property is one of several lots on the Island that <br />potentially will request dock rights. <br />Municipal Code Section 10.31, Subdivision 5 (C) allows installing, maintaining, keeping or using <br />a private dock on any platted public right-of-way when such dock has been specifically authorized <br />as part of a permit issued by the Council. Not more than one seasonal dock will be approved for <br />access to any one property. In review and approval or denial of such permit, the Council shall <br />consider the width and topography of the right-of-way, the number of propert>- owners requesting <br />dockage at that location, the plan of the proposed dock, and conformance with City and Lake <br />Minnetonka Conservation District dock regulations. The Council may establish reasonable standards <br />or requirements in approving any such dock permit. <br />Permits are not required for any person to walk on or over any platted public right-of-way or any <br />platted public park when such use is made without altering the natural state of the land. No permit <br />shall be required for any person whose property abuts a platted public right-of-way or a platted <br />lt25-(9 David Lovtlaee <br />220 Big Island <br />n/1 5/99 <br />Pag! I