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CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. 3156 <br />A RESOLDTION DETERMINING THAT SANITARY SEWER SERVICE <br />WILL NOT BE PROVIDED TO VACANT PROPERTY LOCATED AT "235" TONKA AVENUE <br />KNOWN AS LOTS 3 AND 4, BLOCK 3, <br />BAYSIDE ADDITION TO LAKE MINNETONKA <br />WHEREAS, the City of Orono is a municipal corporation <br />organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Stubbs Bay Sewer Project was initiated by <br />the City to solve existing on-site sewage treatment problems in <br />the Stubbs Bay area, within which Lots 3 and 4, Block 3, Baysxde <br />Addition to Lake Minnetonka, are located; and <br />WHEREAS, the aforementioned Lots 3 and 4 are separate <br />adjacent tax parcels owned in common by a single owner, being <br />described for tax record purposes as PINS number 05-117-23 13 <br />0024 and 05-117-23 13 0025, respectively; and <br />WHEREAS, the adjacent Lots 5 and 6, Block 3, Bayside <br />Addition to Lake Minnetonka, are vacant lots which are intended <br />to be served by municipal sewer; and <br />WHEREAS, the total dry land area of Lots 3 and 4 is <br />approximately 0.29 acres, as compared to the existing zoning <br />regulations reguiring 2.0 acres per buildable site; and <br />WHEREAS, said parcel is not buildable without one or <br />more variances from the existing zoning code; and <br />WHEREAS, the owner of said Lots 3 and 4 has declared to <br />Hennepin County that Lots 3 and 4 will be allowed to go tax <br />forfeit; and <br />WHEREAS, said tax forfeiture would give the City the <br />opportunity to allow said Lots. 3 and 4 to be sold to an adjacent <br />property owner to increase the area of the adjacent property; and <br />WHEREAS, two of the three properties abutting Lots 3 <br />and 4 are substandard in area and would become more conforming in <br />area by incorporating said lots with their existing holdings; and <br />Page 1 of 2