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jaJUes robin 29 July, 2 landscape architect 5935 glencoe road excelsior, minnesota 55331·3133 voice 952-474·3946 fa:c 952·414·5450 City of Orono, Minnesota City Staff, Members of the Planning Commission and City Council Please consider this request for a Conditional Use Permit to alter land in excess of 500 cubic yards, by Timothy and Gayle Devries, 2180 Abingdon Way, Orono, Minnesota 55356 Mr. and Mrs. Devries propose to construct a tennis court at their home, 2180 Abingdon Way, on Lot 6, Abingdon Glen in Orono. The tennis court will be located southeast of their existing home as shown on the accompanying drawings. They propose to construct the project this year. They contacted the neighbors on June 24, offering to review the project and have not had any response. The proposed Tennis Court fits within the available building area of the site bounded by the required City of Orono setbacks for front and sideyards as well as the City of Orono wetland buffer of 26'. The proposed Tennis Court surface coverage is allowed under the hardcover requirements as shown on the drawings. A variance from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District requirement for a 35' wetland buffer in the amount of 298 sf of encroachment has been applied for separately and will be heard by the MCWD Board on 22 August. The 35' wetland buffer is larger than the 26' wetland buffer required by the City of Orono. We are removing areas of heavy Boxelder and Buckthom growth as shown on the drawings. No vehicle traffic will be allowed on the fenced and protected designated septic sites during the excavation and construction operations. The Tennis Court will be constructed as a bituminous surface with a concrete curb, black chain link fencing and frame and low cutoff type lights mounted at 12' heights. The total cut and fill for earth moving on Lot 6 will be 1040 cu yds as shown on the drawings. Approximately 120 cubic yards of soft, clay sub-soils will be trucked from the site to a proper disposal site. Approximately 500 cubic yards of topsoil \vill be removed from Lot 6 and placed on the adjacent, undeveloped Lot 5, also owned by the Devries. The topsoil fill on Lot 5 will vary from zero to 18", to correct grade irregularities, cover small stumps and debris and to eliminate the abrupt, 18" difference in grade from their existing driveway on Lot 6 to Lot 5. The disturbed areas on both sites \vill be restored with turfgrass seed and mulch. The areas \-.,.ithin the required wetland buffer areas will be left to naturalize and will not be mowed. Please call me at 952-474-3946 with questions and comments. - f 2; Wetland Delineation Report by John Anderson