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A RESOLUTION APPROVING <br />THE REZONING APPLICATION <br />OF SIDNEY REBERS THAT WOULD REZONE <br />CERTAIN PROPERTIES FROM RR-lB TO R-IA <br />FILE NO. 1333 <br />WHEREAS, the City of Orono is a municipal corporation organized <br />and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and <br />WHEREAS, per Minnesota Statute 462.357, Subdivision 4 and Section <br />10.10 of the Orono Municipal Code, the City Council of the City of Orono <br />(hereinafter "City Council") is resronsible for reviewing and acting on all <br />applications to amend the official zoning map of the City; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the application for <br />rezoning by Sidney Rebers (hereinafter "the applicant") to rezoning from <br />RR-lB to R-lA the property legally described in Exhibit A, attached to this <br />resolution (hereinafter "the property"); and <br />WHEREAS, on May 23, 1988, the City Council adopted Comprehensive <br />Plan Amendment No. 2 that aprroved certain zoning changes and the extension <br />of municipal services to the property; and <br />WHEREAS, on September 19, 1988, the Planning Comm;ssion of the <br />City of Orono recommended approval of the rezoning application of the <br />applicant finding the proposal consistent with the objectives and goals of <br />the Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. an' <br />WHEREAS, the City Council -:ev:.ewed the comments of the Planning <br />Commission, reports and oral commen`Ls of the City staff, the written and <br />oral comments of the consultant/planner, John Shardlow, and the comments of <br />the applicant's consultant, and the comments of the affected neighbors <br />noting the -,ollowing findings: <br />1. The property consists of 32.6 acres in area. <br />2. The variations in topography on the property range from 994' to <br />1,044' with over 50' of grade separation. <br />3. The property contains a mature forest of maples and other <br />deciduous trees along the northwest and mature nursery stock of pines <br />and other evergreens along the east portion. <br />4. The Hennepin County Soils Survey defines the soil profile of the <br />property as predominately clay to clay loam. This type of soil <br />profile presents several limitations for the installation and <br />maintenance of on -site sewage iisposal systems. <br />r acre , of 3 <br />