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City of O,ONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />A RESOLUTION GRANTING A VARIANCE <br />TO MUNICIPAL ZONING CODE <br />SECTION 10.22, SUBDIVISION 2 <br />AND GRANTS CONDITIONAL APPROVAL FOR <br />PARK DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO CONDITIONS OF <br />RESOLUTION NO. 1652 OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />FILE NO. 1020 <br />WHEREAS, the Suburban Hennepin Rogional Park District <br />(hereinafter "the applicant.") is owner c..f the property located at 2. 65 <br />North Shore Drive within the City of Orono (hereinafter "the City") and <br />legally dfiscribed as fo'_ lows: <br />Exhibit "A" attached; (hereinafter "the property); and <br />WHEREAS, the applicant has appl ie:3 to the City for variances to <br />Municipal Zoninq Coda Section 10.: 2, Subdivision 2 to permit the <br />installation of trail improvements that will increase the hardcover in the <br />0-75' lakeshore setba,".k zone to 3.8% where no tardcover is normally <br />allowed; and has applied for City Council review of the Noerenberg Park <br />Master Plan pursuant to conditions of Ci ; y Council Resolution No. 1652 <br />adopted July 9, 1984; and <br />WHEREAS, the use of a public -owned park is a permitted use in the <br />LR-lA Single Fami I y Lakeshore Resident i a 1 'Zoning District in which the <br />property is located; and <br />WHEREAS, because the intensity and type of usage of Neerenberg <br />Park i s a concern of t,ie residents of the City of Orono, and because the <br />property is an environmentally significant wildlife and ritural area cn the <br />shore cf Lake Minnetonka, and because the use of the property as a regional <br />park has a potentially greater impact on traffic through the surrounding <br />neighborhood than would a purely local public park or pla•ground, the City <br />has requested that the applicant allow the City to review end conditionally <br />approve development of the property as a regional park, and the applicant <br />has agreed to such a review process. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOI.VFD by the City Council of Orono, <br />Minnesota: <br />FINDINGS <br />1. This application was reviewed ds Zoninq File No. -620. <br />1. The property is located in the I.p-lA Single Family Lakeshore <br />Residential Zoninq District. <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />