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i 'li I CITY I 11 ORONO Ei. J City of OROIVO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. 2292_________ the meetings for Application No. 1129, the applicants anSTo^^gents failed to correct the City in their formal findings of May 1, 1987, as set forth in Resolution No. 2172, that the majority of drainage from the property drains to rear of the house to a retention area. The surveys submitted with Land Use Application #1129 dated 3/10/87 and the survey submitted with the building permit application dated 5/8/87 failed to show the catch basin and the underground tile. 32. The general contractor's claim that he received only a permit application form is not possible. Such forms are not single sheet handouts but are included with other informational sheets and forms that attempt to assist the applicant through the plan review process and also ensure the City that all necessary information is received with the building plans. The permit application and other handouts are stapled together. Furthermore, the applicants' building permit has staple marks in the left hand corner which is evidence of the fact that he received the necessary information and request for information from the City. 33. The applicants have been allowed to occupy the residence under special conditions of a Temporary Certificate Occupancy until all violations have been resolved against the property by Juno 15, 1988. 34. The major land alterations conducted within the lakeshore protected area (0-75 feet from lakeshore) and the alterations of an existing drainage area involving a five+ acre watershed are found to be in complete conflict with the following principals and goals set forth in Orono's Community Management Plan. SHORFLAND. Ft-OOD PLAN AND .9TQRM WATER CONSIDERATIONS. - C.M.P. 3-9 ORONO'S MANY MILES OF SHORELINE ARE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO MISUSE OR OVERDEVELOPMENT. As the interface between land and water, the shoreline is ever changing. Shorelines are subject to continual erosion by wave action, ice buildup or unstable soil conditions. Droughts dry out vegetation and heavy rains or snow melt cause land slipage. On top of these natural pressures, nan is drawn to the lake and the shoreline often becomes his battleground with nature. Lake access often means active use and construction of buildings and structures causing unnatural soil loadings, vegetation removal, and land alteration. Exposed soil becomes more subject to erosion and man-made hardcover increases direct runoff quantity and speed. Power boats increase wave action and. more damaging, stir up increased turbidity. the lake bottom causing release of nutrients and The impact, of course, access and a change in is a degradation of water quality, impaired lake the natural aesthetics which drew people to the shore in the first place. Legal considerations become entangled when lot descriptions conflict or become inconsistent due to changing water levels or shoreline locations. Therefore, planning considerations must recognize the desirability of human interaction with the lake while at the same time providing for protection of nature's sensitively balanced shoreline ecology. Page 9 of 13