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COUNCIL MEETING To: Council Members G�(++TT 15 1984 From: Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Zoning Administrator Date: October 12, 1984 CITY OF ORONO Subject: N868 Leekley's Inc., 2450 Sixth Avenue North - Conditional Use Permit Zoning District - RR-1B Area - 3.6 Acres Approximate Total 0.6 Acres Wet Application - Fer Section 10.0 N, Subdivision 19, 21 1 and :'14 Section 10.55, Subdivision 8 - Land Use Application Required For Excavation of Wildlife Pond. Conditional Use Permit + Variance required for 2450 Sixth Avenue North. List of Exhibits: Exhibit A - Application Exhibit 8 - Property Owners List Exhibit C - Plat Map Exhibit D - Location of Ponds - Site Plan Exhibit E - Survey Showing Boundary of Conservation Easement Exhibit F Engineer's Letter Exhibit G - Hennepin County District Report Exhibit H - Planning Commission Minutes 9/17/84 Exhibit I - Revised Proposal The applicant proposes excavating approximately 8, 0'=Mi- s. f . of a designated wetland of approximately .6 acres. The City has a Conservation and flowage easement over the wetlands area designated at the 103-2 elevation. It would appear after our rainy summer that the 1413.= elevation did not adequcitel y define the retention area. The house is now 15 feet from the newly defined perimeter of the wetland instead of 26' + as approved. The wetland is a grassed area that contains water only at wet times. of they year and based on the soils make up has moderate to slow permeability. The outlet of the wetlands is at the culvert in the southwest corner of the lot. Such a wetlands has high assimilative capacity. The City Fngineer's report suggPsts a need to modi4y our current ordinance on wetlands. During the review of the Faster application early this summer, the Council considered the many conflicts in the reports presented by the various reviewing agencies and the traditional position of the city regarding the alteration of designated wetlands. Council decided there was no need to change the ordinance but merely to set up criteria for such reviews and that if specific findings coulcbe made. the alteration of they wetland would be considered. 1