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LINDQUIST & VENNUM Orono Planning Conmission and City Council Menbers November 12, 1990 Page 2 2. 3. limited membership to 60 shareholders, the number of individual users could be approximately 130. Obviously, the site is not large enough to sustain either 180 or 600 individual users. Moreover, Orono Ordinance § 10.31, Subd. C indicates that a Day-Use Recreation Area Conditional Use Permit shall be granted only if five acres of dry buildable land area is available to sustain 100 users. If more than 100 individuals may use the property, the ordinance requires a ratio of one acre per every twenty users. While we are unaware of the precise acreage of this subject parcel, Mike Gaffron indicated that the site probably does not equal, and in any event, does not exceed, five dry buildable land acres. Given this fact, Big Island, Inc.'s current and potential membership far exceeds the lawful number of users for the site. Such an overuse of the property will obviously result in increased noise and destruction of resources. Solely on the basis of the overcrowding of the subject property, the Ericksons strenuously object to the granting of the Conditional Use Permit. Environment. Two hundred family unit members would likely result in potentially 200 boats for the property. The sixty family members current on record will immediately result in at least 60 boats. The shoreline area proposed for use by Big Island, Inc. cannot sustain docks or boat slips for 60 or 200 boats. Even if the area were sufficient in size to accommodate a large number of boats, significant docking and the resulting heavy boat traffic would have a severe impact upon the remaining ecological system of Big Island. On the basis of this environmental concern, my clients object to the granting of the Conditional Use Permit. Sewage Facilities. Orono Ordinances require sufficient on-site sewage treatment facilities. My clients are sure that, as Planning Commission and Council Members, you will carefully review the proposed plan to ensure that it can satisfactorily sustain the large number of Individual users which Big Island, Inc. proposes. As you know, sewer systems on the island have been problematic. The Ericksons' concern is to eliminate any further destruction of the island, its underground water system, and the surrounding lake area due to potential overuse of an inadequate sewer system. Due to these obvious sewer problems, my clients object to