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i' <br />To: Mayor Butler <br />LoL:iUAL WETING <br />Orono Council Members FEB 111985 <br />From: Jeanne A. Mabusth, Zoning Administrator <br />n. <br />Date: February 5, 1985 'fir —No <br />Subject: #890 Clifford L. Otten, 875 Wayzata Blvd. - <br />Conceptual Review <br />Zoning District - RR -lb <br />Area - Total Area - Approximately 13 acres <br />Dry Contiguous - Approximately 5 acres <br />Wetlands - Approximately 8 acres <br />olication - Seeks direction from Council on proposed commercial <br />use of residential zoned land. <br />List of Exhibits <br />Exhibit <br />A <br />- Application <br />Exhibit <br />B <br />- Addendum No. 1 <br />Exhibit <br />C <br />- Access Permit <br />Exhibit <br />D <br />- Sketch Plan <br />Exhibit <br />F. <br />- Plat Map <br />Exhibit <br />F <br />- Addendum No. 2 <br />Otten proposes moving his entire gardening operation to the <br />13 acre site located on the east side of Highway 12 just across <br />the street from the Busy Beaver Day Care Center. Thk2 operation <br />will consist of outdoor and indoor sales, landscape display area, <br />storage site for equipment, office area for design staff and <br />possible on -site nursery. His current operation is located in <br />both Long Lake and Wayzata. If he is able to relocate all phases <br />of his operation on one site, the two existing facilities will be <br />closed. He has submitted a tentative sketch plan for this review <br />(see Exhibit D). <br />The subject property is surrounded on the west by the Luce <br />Line, on the north by Highway 12, on the south by the railroad <br />tracks and on the east by the Union Cemetary. The City of Long <br />Lake abutts on the west side and Wayzata also the east. line. <br />Municipal services are not available to the site. The cost of <br />getting it to this site is prohibitive. The applicant claims the <br />use does not require Municipal services. Well water is needed <br />for the garden center. Applicant claims a minimal waste treat- <br />ment level at 3,000 gallons a month or 100 gal.ons a day. Staff <br />would concur that this type of commercial user would fall within <br />this range. The septic needs of the proposed use can easily be <br />satisfied by an on -site septic system. <br />The site plan shows a single commercial structure of. 95'+ by <br />85'+ with an open parking and sales area of approximately 14,600 <br />s.f. Otten has already obtained an access permit from the County <br />for a single access with the required 28 feet width. If a formal <br />application is made by applicant, it must include a separate <br />l <br />