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t <br />OCT - 81,981 <br />September 29, 1981 <br />City of Orono Hoyt M,,C <br />Orono, Minnesota 55391 <br />In the summer of 1958, I went to see George Hansen t1) get <br />a building permit. At that ti-In I was informed that I h <br />ad to <br />sea the Council for a?proval. At the next meeting I approached <br />the Council for approval. I explained that I had about five <br />(5) acres of land and I wanted to build at the cast end of this <br />land. Herb Ross, then Mayor, knew the property and made a <br />■ration to approve the permit. A second mc.ion was about to be <br />madd when Mr. 9ugley questioned the legality of two homes on <br />the same property. He said two houses on a lot of c subdivi- <br />sion was not legal. I explained that there wasn't any division <br />of property and that the houses would be at Mat 400 feet <br />apart. I already had a mortgage approval from Midwest Federal <br />for an increase in the existing mortgage. The approval was <br />tabled until legal advice could be obtained from the village <br />lawyer. <br />I waited about two months to hear the results that never <br />came even when I asked what was going on. I called Herb Ross <br />at work early one Saturday morning and informed him I couldn't <br />wait longer because of winter coming and was going to start <br />construction that day. <br />About two weeks later Herb called and said to stop in and <br />get a building permit. It was finally approved. At that time <br />he expressed his wish that I would consider dividing the land <br />to satisfy Council members and also a doubtful legal tangle. I <br />said I would think it over. <br />When I went to get the permit from George Hansen I inquir- <br />ed about restrictions on lot size if I divided the land. He <br />informed me of no restrictions of lot size, but expressed his <br />!� desire to have it at least 14J feet wide at the building site. <br />Having 693 feet of land on the south would have given me 5 or 6 <br />j lots. I decided to divide the land and contacted Gordon Coffin <br />j� for survey Finding 5 or 6 lots not appealing to me, I settled <br />++1 for 4 lots. 1 - 150 feet, 2 - 140 feet, and the third I left <br />1' 263 fe;t for myself. This was accepted by the Village and Herb <br />111111 thanked me for my cooperation with their request. <br />FA <br />