09-28-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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CITYof ORONO Pat Off. B9a fi4.Cry.W Rey. Mina.99fa 36323.afvaidpei Of ffm . e e On the North Shore of Lake Minnetonka September 15, 1988 Mr. Vern Genzlinger Assistant County Administrator Hennepin County 2488 Government Center Minneapolis, MN 55487 Re: Hennepin County Maintenance Station - 3888 Shoreline Drive Dear Vern, This letter is written in response to the proposed ordinance change In which Hennepin County has designated the above referenced facility, together with all its other facilities in the County, as a temporary transfer station for the County's Solid Waste Management Ordinance. It is our present understanding that the County's intent for this site is to use it strictly as a weighing point to direct various private haulters to the appropriate off-load site, and not as an actual 'transfer station'. As you may be aware, the zoning on this property in the City of Orono is LR-lC which is a single family residential zoning. while municipal buildings are a permitted use within any of the residential zones in the City, the use as a County maintenance facility however, is neither a permitted nor a conditional use as strictly set forth under the zoning code. we are aware that the zoning of this site was commercial in 1962 when the facility was constructed, however, that zoning changed to residential in the early 1978's, hence continued use of the property for your maintenance facility has been considered a nonconforming use since that date. I would note for the record that City files provide no indication that the County applied for a *nonconforming conditional use permit* for continued use of the maintenance facility, although such a permit was required and well publicized at that time. In any case, because the current use is nonconforming, the County cannot expand the nonconforming use without receiving approval from the City. WUJMGa ZONING -919Ar71 • ♦MMISTxAnON a nN. Cr-01ap. a MBL:C WORM -91bt99 Aa4elea9G