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0 Resolution No. 655 A Resolution Denying the Application of Howard Eisinger for a Variance and Zoning Amendment to Allow a Landfill Operation on Property Located at 3255 Wayzata Boulevard WHEREAS, the City of Orono enacted Ordinance No. 149 on July 9, 1973, which established a moratorium on the grant- ing of conditional or special use permits, variances, building permits, rezoning applications or other authority for additional development and land use in the City of Orono, and WHEREAS, the moratorium was extended by ordinance on several occasions and was not terminated until December 31, 1974, and WHEREAS, the moratorium was necessary in order to insure the achievement of the goals of providing the city with satis- factory tools to guide and control development and land use • during the interim period so the benefits of proper planning would not be lost,,`to spreserve the status quo pending the adoption of the measures necessary to protect health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Orono, and WHEREAS, the council through research and review of various reports, studies and experience determined the overall preserva- tion of water quality of Lake Minnetonka and existing ground water supplies for future generations shall be a paramount guiding principle of Orono's Comprehensive Plan, and WHEREAS, the quality of storm water runoff is adversely effected through dense development and potentially detrimental land uses, and WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan specifically addresses itself to the problem of the former landfill on Highway No. 12, west of the industrial zone, which through the determination of the end use of the property should minimize the potential leaching of stored nutrients into adjacent marshes and drainage - ways to Lake Minnetonka, and WHEREAS, any land use contributing to traffic hazards should be limited, and 11