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January 26, 1987 Mayor Grabek and Councilmembers Orono City Offices P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323 Dear Mayor Grabek and Councilmembers: We are writing you regarding your February 9, 1987 Council Meeting whereby the Hollander residential subdivision of property located at 200 and 250 Hollander Road will be one of the agenda items. Unless certain actions are undertaken prior to the approval of the subdivision of the Hollander property, we are strongly opposed to its passage. 1. There is a rental unit (see enclosed pictures) on the property that has been termed a guest house. It has been, and continues to be, used as a rental property. There are people living there year round. Approval of the subdivision with the use of the guest house as a rental unit would violate Orono's bylaws of more than one occupied structure on a two acre site. In addition, we believe that even if the Council passed approval of the subdivision and instructed the Hollanders to comply that the current rental unit be used as a guest house, the Hollanders would continue to use it in some fashion as a rental unit. The Council should seek a way to be satisfied on this issue. Our recommendation is that the rental unit be removed, which was the Planning Commission's staff recom- mendation when the Planning Commission held its first public hearing on this issue November 17, 1986. 2. There are several barns on the Hollander property that should be removed prior to the approval of the subdivision. They are a safety problem and a hazard to the neighborhood and our children. We were told by Mrs. Hollander at the time we purchased our home on Hollander Road that it was her intent to have the barns removed. We understand that the staff of the Planning Commission is seeking to begin a hazardous building procedure on the barns. We would hope the Council supports this action.