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♦ - I Planning Commission City of Orono 1275 South Brown Road Orono, MN 55323 Attention; Jeanne Mabusth, Building and Zoning Administrator Re: 2/17/87 Hearing itei #1107 We, the owners of affected properties, oppose the issue of a variance to permit construction of a single family residence on the above parcel of land for the following reasons: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. This parcel is both of substandard size and quality. The land drops away sharply from Linden Pwenue as much as 7-12*. The rear half of the parcel is nearly alwa>i damp and soggy. The rear half of the property serves as drainage for adjacent proper ties to the west, north and east. The water that percolates through this parcel flows into Lake Minnetonka through a small culvert under Oak Street. The water pressure in the spring on this culvert is already sufficient to cause water flow under as well as through the culvert. Oak Street at this point is unpaved and privately maintained by the users. The maintaining users are concerned that a house erected on this parcel will increase the run off pressure on the culvert resulting in increased maintenance costs to a road that already has erosion prone character istics. Since an owner of this subject parcel would not use this portion of Oak Street, the cost of handling resultant increased erosion problems would be shifted onto others. A home built on grade with appropriate set back from Linden Avenue would be at least 7-9" below Linden Avenue. This would make access difficult in winter and also cause potential water seepage problems for the house. For these reasons, a builder may desire to raise the house utilizing substantial fill. The use of fill would further aggravate the erosion problem; possibly impound the water flowing from the north or redirect water onto properties to the west. The use of fill might also require the removal of a number of trees which would exacerbate run off problems. •) .'•a A further impetus to the use of fill,with its attending problems,is that if the house were built on grade, it is possible that the ground level would be below the sewer line under Linden Avenue. In order to try to avoid the above-mentioned problems, the Council could be asked for a set back variance from Linden Avenue to allow the house to be built on higher ground. Other homes on Linden now comply with the 35' set back requirement.