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ADRIAN A. KEARNEY Ill TO: Mr. Charles Schroeder Chairman: Orono Planning Commission FROM: Adrian and Pam Kearney Residents of 265 S. Brown Road 265 South Brown Road Long Lake, MN 55356 (612) 473-4112 RE: Application #1930 for variances to 255 S. Brown Road May 5, 1994 Dear Planning Commission, We have lived in this house for ten months. Before we wrote our purchase agreement, we did our homework on the lot for sale next door. We accepted the fact that somebody would be interested in buying the lot. We found that the specific limitations placed upon this lot would insure that the new owner would have to construct a small enough house to comply with the guidelines set forth by the DNR and the City of Orono. To us, this meant the least amount of intrusion upon our property and privacy. We feel that abiding by these specifications is imperative to the preservation of the protected tributary to Lake Minnetonka, and the nature of the property itself. Therefore in reviewing the proposed plans of Mrs. Cost, we have concerns regarding the following: 1. 100' setback from the Long Lake Creek. As all rivers do, this one meanders and curls. With water levels changing from season to season and year to year, we fear that a building constructed within the 100 foot setback will be damaging to the integrity of the creek. A more reasonably sized house would fit into the space without the need for a variance. Although this is a five acre lot, a majority of it is wetlands, and these plans show a disproportionately large house for the limited building site. 2. Loss of trees due to the septic system installation. It is in both our best interest to preserve as many trees as possible to provide a visual barrier in between the two houses. Specifically, there is one large, mature maple tree that would be destroyed in the proposed septic site. Again, a smaller house would require a smaller septic site, therefore fewer trees would be lost. With everything scaled down in size, the least amount of impact would occur, both to the property and to the neighbors.