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TO:Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse. City Administrator <br />FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst. Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />DATE:October 15, 1993 <br />SUBJECT: #1881 Orville Fisher, 475 Oxford Road - Aftsr-the-Fact Variance <br />Public Hearing <br />Zoning District - LR-IA <br />Application: <br />The property owner is required to make an after-the-fact application for variances to <br />Sections 10.22 subdivision 3 and 10.56, Subdivision 16 (I) for removing live trees greater than <br />6" in diameter within 75’ of the shoreline, and for unapproved "intensive vegetation clearing" <br />within 75’ of the shoreline. <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Application <br />B - Plat Map <br />C - Property Owners List <br />D - Survey <br />E - Staff Sketch <br />F - Building Inspector ’s Violation Reporl/Tag <br />G - Photos <br />H - Pertinent Code Sections <br />I - Proposed Tree Planting Diagram <br />J - DNR Letter 10/14/93 <br />K - Neighbor’s Acknowledgment of Application <br />L - "Statement of Need and Reasonableness" (DNR) <br />M - Documentation from Pric * Violation <br />Summary <br />Upon complaint bv a resident, staff inspected the property and found that vimially eve^ <br />tree and significant shrub within 75’ of the shoreline of Stubbs Bay (save for three 24"-30 <br />hardwoods) had been removed. It was determined that twelve 6" or larger live trees had been <br />removed in the 0-75’ zone and literally dozens of other trees ranging from 1" to 6" in diameter <br />had been removcfi in that zone. <br />Staff determined that this activity w as not only a violation of Orono ’s long-standing tree- <br />removal ordinance but was also clearly a violation of Section 10.56, Subdivision 16 (I)(2) which <br />prohibits intensive vegetation clearing within 75’ for the shoreline. "Intensive vegetation <br />rrr~'k'* r’*~xr t. ^ — '’"i? t «•