Agenda Packet Cc - regular meeting 9/12/1988

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CITY of ORONO Post Office Box 66•Crystal Bay, Minnesota 5,5323•Municipal Offices On the North Shore of Lake Minnetonka August 9, 1988 Mr. Ward Ferrell 3405 Watertown Road Long Lake, MN 55356 RE: Request to reopen file #990 Dear Mr. Ferrell: On Monday, August 8, I received your letter requesting that file #990, your unresolved variance application, be reopened. This would appear to be feasible since your application was last reviewed and tabled by the Council on June 8, 1987, pending your request to again appear before Council. The next City Council meeting is August 22, 1988. However, I will be on vacation from August 19th to September 5th, hence the next Council meeting for which this item can be scheduled is Monday, September 12, 1988. I gather from your latter that the intent of your request is to be granted appr,.)val to build a house on one of the vacant lots as currently configured, with the assumption that variances for the second vacant lot would be denied. Absent a specific plan from you that shows where you would place a new house, it is my initial reaction that the Council will want to split your three acres evenly between the eyisting house and the new lot, leaving about 1.5 acres with each. If that is the Counci l's final determination, a lot line rearrangement would need to take place. In your letter you suggested that you have already paid the application fees and feel that no additional fees should be assessed. I presume that this is a reaction to your recent conversation with Jeanne Mabusth during which she noted that additional fees might be charged. I would note for the record that Staff time for your application to date has been approximately 20 to 25 hours, not including time spent at Planning Commission and Council meetings. The $300.00 in application fees you have paid so far, only covers about half of BUILDING A ZONING - 47 34 33 7 • ADMINISTRATION • FINANCE - 473.7358 • PUBLIC WORKS - 473-7359 ASSESSING