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t?ie stormwater management plan for the site. <br />11. <br />12. <br />13. <br />Steep slopes along the south central and southeast portion of the property meet the <br />City's Shoreland Ordinance definition of 'bluff features, and are in the Shoreland <br />District. Both areas will be impacted by grading and tree removal for construction <br />of the golf course. The applicant has addressed satisfactorily the City's concerns <br />regarding visual impact and erosion control. <br />The proposed golf course grading will remove trees from the central 1/3 of the bluff <br />impact zone in the area of the former gravel pit on the site. The applicants have <br />modified the original proposal to reduce the impacts on the bluff, including <br />elimination of a proposed tee on Hole #5; relocation of the cart path on Hole #5 to <br />allow a minimum of 120' of undistrurbed vegetation adjacent to Spring Hill Road; <br />reduction of the grading on the bluff slope on the west side of the 'bowl'; and <br />reduction in the tree clearing on the bluff slope on the north side of the bowl. In the <br />area of the bluff affected by the proposed driveway leading to the clubhouse from <br />Spring Hill Road, the driveway has been relocated northward to the shoulder of the <br />bluff to allow the existing trees to remain as a screen to minimize the visual impact <br />of the driveway in the bluff impact zone. The resulting impacts to the bluff impact <br />zone include: <br />A. Hand trimming along Hole # 18 at the top of the bluff slope to provide a sight <br />line to the green. <br />B. Trimming and selective clearing on the east side of the bowl below the #5 tees <br />to provide an adequate sight line to the fairway. <br />C. Grading and related tree clearing on the west side of the bowl to provide a <br />sight line down fairway #5. <br />D. Driveway at the top of the bluff impact zone east of the clubhouse. <br />The Council finds that the proposed impacts are necessary to accomodate the <br />proposed golf course use, and further finds that the proposed impacts to the bluff <br />impact zone have been minimized such that the impacts are not in conflict with the <br />1980 City of Orono Community Management Plan ("Comprehensive Plan") which <br />contains a number of general land use and environmental protection goals and <br />policies in regard to preservation of natural lake shorelines. Further, tha applicant <br />has agreed to take whatever erosion control steps are necessary and has provided an <br />Page 5 of 16 <br />1