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conditional use permit for major land alterations of land i:,vol- ved in fringe wetlands areas. Such an application would involve limitations on the future use of the 7+ acres of protected lands. Issues for Consideration: 1. Is the site large enough to contain the entire Garden Center and its fu' re needs? There may only he six usable acres. 2. If the City rezones to a commercial district, how do we deal with a future use that requires municipal services? Long Lake denies extension of their services into Orono to serve new commercial uses. It is not feasible to service from the nearest Wayzata line located at the Wayzata Country Club on Highway 12. 3. The City has consi,: red requests for commercial or quasi commercial uses in residential zones because the use ap- peared compatible with residential uses (library, churches, schools, greenhouses, research/conference centers etc.). Is the proposed garden center use compatible with a residential use district? 4. The subject property of some 13 acres is like an island surrounded bv_ railroad, trail, highway and cemetary. It is sandwiched in between Long Lake and Wayzata and not contiguous with other use districts within the district. Does the physical character of the property suggest special or innovative zoning? Applicants off the record comments to the zoning Administrator: Otten wants to relocate his entire operation off Highway 12 somewhere in the Long Lake/Orono area. He has asked about the Rebers, Ringer and Gagne properties. Otten was advised that the Ringer and Gagne property is zoned residential and the Rebers property is zoned B-1 but has no municipal services. There is no commercial zoned lands along Highway 12 ready for immediate use in the City of Orono nor is there available adjacent lands to his existing site in Long Lake. He lids asked if his former residence on Highway 12 adjacent to the Summerfield Farms Market could house his landscape design staff and that a maintenance builr'ing he construct.d on the ll+ a.-,, site that would house the maintenance equipment.. He cont(-r),_ that all outward signs of the use of the property would appear compatible with residential district. I suggested that le pose the problem of his difficulty of finding suitable lands along Highway 12 that is already zoned commercial and serviced. I`_ his request to alter the use of his ll+ acre residential prop :-ty is to be a temporary use until he can find a more suitable site, the large maintenance structure may create future use problems in reestablishing a primary residential use. Ple::se review Otten's most rect-nt comments in his letter of January 22nd received in this office February 6th.