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�0�� <br /> C ITY OF ORONO <br /> � � <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> � � b4 �o <br /> �' G N o. <br /> t�kF S H p��" <br /> 3. The Property along with all property surrounding it is guided in the 2000-2030 Orono <br /> Community Management Plan (Comprehensive Plan) for single family residential use. <br /> "The key goal of the City's Comprehensive Plan is to protect Lake Minnetonka, which <br /> includes the preservation of the natural character of the lakeshore and the water quality of <br /> the lake." Grading and development on this small lot will be in conflict with many of the <br /> goals and policies contained within the Comprehensive Plan, including but not limited to <br /> the following: <br /> (1) Environmental Protection Plan, General Policy 8: Granting of the <br /> variances will result in overcrowding of the lakeshore. <br /> (2) Environmental Protection Plan, General Policy 9: Granting of the <br /> variances and conditional use permit will result in removal of protected <br /> trees within 75 feet of the lake and will result in land alteration within 75 <br /> feet of the lake, leading to a degading of the shoreland. <br /> (3) Environmental Protection Plan, Urban Area Policies far Natural Resource <br /> Management, Policy 6. Granting of the variances and CUP will remove <br /> rather than retain a significant amount of woodland within the property <br /> and within the property. <br /> (4) Land Use Plan, General Land Use Policies, Policy 7. Granting of the <br /> variances and CUP will result in the alteration and removal, rather than the <br /> preservation and retention, of natural features of the shoreline including <br /> natural topography and shoreland vegetation <br /> 4. The Property consists of 0.22 acre, or 9,641 square feet in area in the LR-1B zoning <br /> district where the minimum lot size requirement is 1.0 acre or 43,560 s.f. <br /> 5. The property is 83 feet in width in the LR-1B zoning district where the minimum lot <br /> width requirement is 140 feet. <br /> 6. The property is extremely substandard in area under current codes, and was originally <br /> platted as a Commons Lot, which traditionally and in this case within the 1885 plat of <br /> SAGA HILL was not originally intended as a building site. Building lots within the plat <br /> of SAGA HILL were given standard lot and block numbers, and were significantly larger <br /> than the Property. The `Commons' designation demonstrates that this site was originally <br /> platted as a neighborhood amenity rather than as an individual building site. <br /> Page 3 of 10 <br /> 181174v2 <br />