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r- 5 Request for Council Action continued Page 2 September 7,2000 #2550 Charles Van Eeckhout_______ The City of Orono and Minnehaha Creek Watershed District are reviewing the wetland delineation for those areas that were deleted as a result of the re-evaluation. Those areas in question were identified on the City’s 1974 Wetland Inventory and are protected. The MCWD is the LGU and is the organization that has the authority to approve wetland delineations, they will be reviewing the site on September 7,2000. Orono has not received confirmation of the wetland determination by the MCWD as of the date of this memo. 2.To secure legal access to the property. Access to the properties would require the applicant to obtain an easement or additional land from an adjacent Dropertv owner since this property does not have immediate access to a public or private road. Th? only access to the parcel is via a “driveway easement” across an adjacent property. Mr. Van Eeckhout has stated he has been unable to obtain a “roadway easement” to access Brown Road. A new plan has been proposed that would request access to the lots from Apple Glen Road. Apple Glen Road is a public road owned and controlled by the City of Long Lake. Mr. Van Eeckhout has made a request to Long Lake for road access from Apple Glen as well as connection to sewer. Long Lake has directed Mr. Van Eeckhout to seek plan approval from the City of Orono before they will review the request for road access and sewer connection. Shannon Sweeney, City Administrator for Long Lake, has submitted a letter regarding this issue attached as Exhibit J. Revised Plan: This is the first proposal that would request access from Apple Glen Road in Long Lake. Apple Glen Road serves about 14 residences. The added length of the street would add as many as 7 additional lots to Apple Glen. The total length of the cul-de-sac from Watertown Road is approximately 1,600 feet where Orono City code allows a maximum cul de-sac length of 1,000 feet. The RR-1B zoning district allows a property to develop as a PRD as a conditional use. Under the PRD the City can establish setbacks for each of the lots. The dry buildable areas of lots 1,2,3 and 7 are limited and are between 1/2 acre to I acre dry buildable. These 4 lots also are similar to the lots located north of the development in the City of Long Lake. The proposed setbacks shown on the site plan indicate a 35' front yard setback. 10' side yard setback and a 30' rear setback. The established setbacks are similar to other lots in Orono that are zoned 1/2 acre to I acre in size. The subdivision request would require the following approvals; 1.A Conditional Use Permit for a Planned Residential Development — This would allow the property to develop at a two acre density using cluster development and preservation space. Road width variance and a variance to allow the road to be developed at less than the minimum requirements. The Subdivision Code requires a minimum paved width for property serving 7 or more sites to develop the road at a 28’ width. \ .....