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01/23/98 15:08 ©612 337 5601 DSU. INC.@002 006 <br />I Ml ILGRI 'N <br />SI lARDl .OW <br />AND UBAN <br />INCOftrOKATgO <br />CONSULTING PLANNERS <br />LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS <br />300 FIRST AVENUE NORTH <br />SUITE 210 <br />MINNEAPOLIS. MN 55401 <br />612-339-3300 PHONE <br />612-337-5601 FAX <br />DATE: <br />TO: <br />23 January 1998 <br />Mike Gaffron <br />Senior Planning Coordinator <br />City of Orono <br />Post Office Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55523 <br />RECEIVED <br />JAN 2 3 1998 <br />CITY OF OROi\'0 <br />FROM:Wallace L. Case, ASLA <br />Landscape Architect/Planner <br />RE:Orono Development, L.L.C. <br />File No. 139-2327 <br />As you requested, I have reviewed the site plans for the proposed commercial redevelopment of <br />the Baptist church property located between County Road 18 and Olive Avenue, northwest of <br />the Sullivan/Culver development and County Road 15, In the Navarre District of Orono. The <br />proposal is for the removal of the existing church and the development of a small.strip center <br />(11,000 sf). The proposal Indicates that this center would include a coffee shop, bagel shop, <br />other neighborhood retail, and a bank with drive-up tellers. I offer the followino«observatlons and <br />comments. My comments are based on a site planning, environmental and aesthetic perspective. <br />Issues: <br />1. Veriances <br />The developer is requesting two variances to accommodate the development of the <br />project. <br />The developer is requesting a variance to allow 47.7 % hardcover in Zone 1 and <br />77.3 % hardcover in Zone 2. The permitted hardcover Is 35 % in both zones. It is <br />up to the developer to demonstrate that meeting the requirement represents an <br />undue hardship, they have not created nor exacerbated that hardship, there is no <br />reasonable recourse other than by variance, and that they are requesting the <br />OUOBS\1 60«.6\LLCCOM\1 21d8UC.MEM <br />1