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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE ITEM NO.: f----- . « ^ 5661 X X d3S = ^^tynliNnw Departmwit Approval: Name Jeaone A. Mabusth Title Building & Zoning Admiaistrator Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Zoning Item Description: #2039 Wally and Sharv l Carson, 3010 Somerset Lane - Conditional Lse Permit - Resolution Zoning DiArict: RR-IB ... Total lot area = 3.5 acres (1 acre of Type 1 wetland exists w ithin property ) Brief Description of Application ,, u The applicant has filed a conditional use permit to allow excavation of 1,650 cubic yards of material to create a pond at an approximate 6* depth. The pond will be installed v iihin a o w acre Tvpe I wetland occupying approximately 16,500 s.f. or .3 acres in area. Review Exhibit J the open water area will be created at the northwest side of the lot. The current lot is not developed. Major portions of the fill will be used around the pn^posed building site located out of wetiaral area to the east of the lot. Planning Commission wanted to assure that the pond would not end up as a decorative pond w ith a grassed lawn area up to its edges. They specifically asked that the area surrounding the open water area within the Type 1 wetland remain in its original state as no turther alteration of the Tvpe I wetland is allowed. The existing vegetation within the Type 1 wetland must remain in its original state. The Engineer has recommended that 10; 1 bench from the water line to r below the water line be maintained to encourage emergent vegetation around the pond perimeter. We ask that topsoil be salvaged for respreading over the disturbed areas and that the areas be restored with a wetland seed mixture such as Mn/Dot mixture 250. The applicant ’s surveyor has advised the Corps of Engineers will accept the alteration permit under the authoritv of a nationwide permit allowing for an abbreviated review. The Corps completed a site inspection on Thursday, September 7ih and they tound no problem with the proposal for the pond but asked that all dredged soils be moved out of the wetland area which is proposed bv applicant. The Corps representative also noted that purple loosestrife and mother umiamed obnoxious weed was noted on site. A condition of thetr permit will be that the applicant assumes responsibility for the removal of both obnoxious weeds. I he specitics will be spelled out in the Corps permit. Tlie Planning Commission unanimously approved the conditional use permit to allow the excavation of a pond subject to the conditions set forth in the staff memo of August 10, 1995, Page The enclosed resolution has been drafted per the findings and conditions of the Planning Commission approval and includes the requirement that applicant must follow directives of the Corps permit. COL^’CIL ACTION REQITSTED: To either deny, approve or amend the enclosed approval resolution. September 8, 1995