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#2484 - Woodhill CC <br />May 5,1999 <br />Page 3 <br />Public Hearing Notiflcation <br />Notice of the Public Hearing was published in The Pioneer and The Laker on April 24, 1999 and <br />May 1, 1999. Written notice to all property owners within 350' of the property boundaries and <br />within 350' of Woodhill Avenue was mailed on Thursday, April 29,1999. <br />Additional Permits and/or NotificationsWhich May Be Required <br />Other permits which may be required in conjunction with the proposed driveway access include: <br />a) permit for work in right-of-way; <br />b) permit for land alteration; and <br />c) CUP for land alteration exceeding 500 cubic yards <br />The above permits will be held in abeyance pending the result of this land use CUP application. <br />d) Minnesota Statutes require notification of fee holders when trees are to be cut within <br />dedicated right-of-way. <br />Application Background <br />In May 1998 Woodhill Country Club did grading work within the Club property and within the <br />dedicated right-of-way of Woodhill Avenue to re-open a driveway access from the Club property <br />to Woodhill Avenue, which access had been closed by the Club since approximately 1980. <br />The City stopped the work upon being advised it had occurred, and indicated to Club representatives <br />that certain permits and approvals would have to be obtained by the Club in order to retain the work <br />that had been completed and for the access to Woodhill Avenue to be used. <br />Subsequently a number of public and non-public meetings occurred between and among Club <br />representatives, the City Council, staff, and the immediate neighbors potentially affected by the re­ <br />opening of the access. The City refused to sanction Woodhill's use of Woodhill Avenue without the <br />proper CUP public review process. Woodhill refused to make such an application. In July 1998 the <br />Club filed suit against Orono, claiming that Woodhill has a right to open and use the Woodhill <br />Avenue access without City approval. <br />The lawsuit proceeded with discovery through March 1999. In April 1999 Woodhill proposed a <br />settlement procedure by which Woodhill would apply to the City for a CUP to allow opening and <br />use of the Woodhill access on a limited basis. Woodhill filed current application on April 14, <br />1999. This application was deemed by staff to be substantially complete as of April 30, 1999 upon <br />receipt of the traffic study by Parsons Brinckerhoff.