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iO 20 97 17:51 ®612 357 5601 DSV. INC 0 001 005DAHI.GREN <br />SI L\1^)1,0\V <br />AND IJBAN <br />300 FIRST AVENUE NORTH <br />SUITE 110 <br />MINNEAPOLIS, MN >>401 <br />612 3393300 PHONE <br />612-337-5601 PAX <br />FROM: <br />R£: <br />20 October 1997 <br />Elizabeth Van Zomeren <br />Planning and Zoning Administrator <br />City of Orono <br />Wallace L. Case, ASIA <br />Landscape Architect/Planner <br />Class III Preliminary Subdivision and Planned Residential Development <br />Brook Park Realty <br />3560 Shoreline Drive <br />Application #2308 <br />As we discussed on Wednesday, October 1b, I have conducted a preliminary review of the <br />applicants proposal and have visited the site. The following Is a brief summary of my preliminary <br />observations and concerns. My comments arc directed primarily toward site planning, <br />environmental and aesthetic issues. These comments are preliminary and do not address <br />compliance with the zoning ordinance or the goals and policies of the comprehensive plan. <br />BarkgrQund: <br />The proposal is for the development of thirty town homes on approximately 9.9 acres located on <br />the north side of County Road 15 (Shoreline Drive) In the Navarre district. The site abuts an <br />existing duplex neighborhood along the east, the Burlington Northern Railroad along the North, <br />and a large underdeveloped residential parcel with a excavation company or sorne type ot <br />commercial/light industrial operation to the west. A single family area Is located to 'be nort <br />is separated from the site by the railroad and Northern Avenue (north of the tracics) ''®bicolar <br />access to the site is currently available from the east from Livingston Avenue, through the ““P'®* <br />development to the east. Access to County Road 15 is via Blaine Avenue along the east of this <br />duplex area. A large wetland system effectively blocks direct vehicular access to County Road 1b <br />to the south. <br />0:UOaS\1609.4V1097MTKA.H0M