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CITY of ORONO <br />resolution of the city council <br />NO. 3 4 2 4 <br />5. <br />6. <br />7. <br />8. <br />9. <br />10. <br />u approved a metes and bounds division that divided <br />the Hill School property from the Minnetonka Art Center. <br />From August 15,1989 through September 11. 1990. tlie Art Center of Minnesota <br />(formerly Mmnetonka Art Center) leased the facUity from the new owner for the <br />purpose of continuing use of the facility for art instruction purposes. <br />From the later part of 1990 through the present, the facility has served as a <br />licensed day care and a dance school. <br />From the late 1800’s to the present, the facility has never been used as a <br />residential dwelling. <br />As required by Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.03, Subdivision 5, the <br />applicant has filed for a conditional use permit to allow the continued use of the <br />facility or a fine arts school offering full-time instruction. <br />On April 18, 1994, the Orono Planning Commission voted unanimously to <br />recommend approval of the conditional use permit and variance based on the <br />following unique findings: <br />The use has existed prior to the creation of the single family zoning <br />district through to present times without interruption. <br />The use has had no detrimental effects on the surrounding residential <br />neighborhood. <br />a. <br />b. <br />c. <br />d. <br />The art school to be operated from the Hill School building will continue <br />to share parking facilities of the Art Center of Minnesota consistent with <br />the former comprehensive operation. <br />The City has no record of vehicular accidents resulting from the use of the <br />gravel parking areas along the east side of the property adjacent to Briar <br />Street. <br />Page 2 of 7