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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 14, 2015 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 7 of 39 7. #15-3763 CHRISTOPHER AND GAIL BOLLIS, 200 AND 350 STUBBS BAY ROAD, PRELIMINARY PLAT – RESOLUTION NO. 6536 (continued) Any future plan to revise or eliminate it would require City approval. The City Engineer is reviewing the latest plans and will ensure an appropriate transition between the existing cul-de-sac and the new road extension. Also discussed at the last Council meeting was the septic setbacks, and the Council felt that the 50-foot setback from the wetlands would be acceptable and a variance to the wetland ordinance would be granted to allow some mound systems to encroach within portions of the 75-foot wetland buffers required by the MCWD. The developer has proposed a revised grading plan that includes future grading to establish individual pads to establish “new existing grades” for house placement on all seven lots. The proposed pad grading is intended to occur at the time individual building permits are issued. The applicant has been advised that final plat drawings must indicate the demarcation between the road and drainage improvements and the future building pad grading. The portion of the proposed grading plan that depicts future grading to create individual building pads will be considered as establishing "new existing grades” for house placement on all seven lots. The proposed pad grading will occur at the time individual building permits are issued. The Council generally indicated they were acceptable of the proposed landscaping plan that omits the regular spacing of trees along the private road in favor of adding trees along the south border of the site as a buffer to the existing Kintyre development. The Council also indicated they found the lot width variances for Lots 4, 5, and 6 acceptable. The existing septic system was also an issue that was discussed at the last Council meeting. The Applicant had noted that the immediate disposition of the existing house on Lot 5 has not been determined. The septic mound serving that house will end up being partly within Lot 5 and party within Lot 4. The Council suggested that a limited-term temporary easement with specific triggers to require removal of the system should be considered. Staff recommends that an easement be prepared with the following conditions: 1. The easement shall expire and the system shall be removed, upon any one of the following occurrences: a. At such time that Lots 4 and 5 become separately owned; b. At such time that a permit for home construction is issued for Lot 4; c. At such time that a permit for home demolition or new home construction is issued for Lot 5; d. At such time that a permit for expansion of the existing home on Lot 5 is issued; e. At such time that the existing system is found to be non-compliance and ordered to be replaced; 2. Regardless whether any of the above has occurred, the easement shall expire and the system shall be removed no later than two years after the date of filing of the plat with Hennepin County.