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tIAtl Of <br />twj[i»orA <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />WATflU - 1190 WAiaiai MkD, IT. fhVt, m 3310* <br />T7J-7»iO <br />J (J * I <br />October 14, 199J <br />Niko Ceffron <br />City of Orono <br />9.0. Box «• <br />Cfyotal Bey, lllnnMota §9113 <br />fill LkBO rsi ATPLICATIOirs. cm OP Of»HO. NIMKPPIII COimtY <br />Dear Mr. Caffromt <br />X havo cosaanta on th« rollevinf lanO uaa appUcationa «fairn are <br />BChatfulad for public hearing before the Plarjiing CoBalaaion on <br />Oetobar 19, 199). <br />#UI4*Ihe applicant n^pieataaevaral varianeea in order to place two atorage unite on a portion <br />of tha property that in currently vegatatao. Dtfll Metro Matara <br />rtcemmBndt that tha city deny tha variance requaata aa they are <br />currently proposed. Tha site ia already non^conforming and the <br />propoaed addition of etoraga unite would axacarbata tha non­ <br />conformity. Storage unite on a portion of tha property that it <br />already hardcover and eeata the lakaahore eetbacka may be <br />acceptable ae an alternative, but not the current proposal. Ha <br />also qusstlon whether herdehip exleta. <br />flsffiri Hoad I The applicant regusata •*cer-the-fact approval of a variance to allow intansive vegetation <br />removal within 79 feet of Z«ake Minnetonka. DNR Retro Haters <br />T^coammndm th^t thm city deny the •ft#r*thc«fact variance raquaat <br />and require raatoration of tha alta. Selective ranoval of <br />vagatation in order to obtain a view of tha lake from tha raaidanca <br />w^ld have been acceptable, t?ut not intensive vegetation raaoval. <br />The raatoration/landacaping plan should include larger caliper <br />^ *‘*P'-scs ^a larger dlasatar traaa which ware raaovad, and <br />Should place particular esphaaia on replanting of vagatation In the <br />area oloaest to tha lake (i.a. tha ahora impact tons). <br />•^^Itional spaciflo points for the city's consideration that would apply to all tha varlanco requaatai <br />Must be deaonatratad to justify approval of a <br />*‘aqueat. The approval of a varianca dua to hardship <br />should be baaed on the following praraquisiteai <br />The proposed use is raasonable. <br />1. <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER