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�—� � �� �; 0 „ �\, CITY of ORONO �� Municipal Offices r� �,��1��, D., Street Address: Mailing Address: "�'�� ,� 2750 Kelley Parkway P.O. Box 66 .� ��`�,i ��'�;�C' Orono, MN 55356 Crystal Bay, MN 55323-0066 �kESH�g August l, 2011 Rose Anna Bradford 2480 Cobblestone Court Long Lake, MN ��356 Re: Follow-up to July 27 meeting Dear Rose Anna: This letter is to follow up our meeting last Wednesday, and to bring up some issues that did not come to light until after we met. A question was raised at our July 28 staff ineeting as to whether revisions to the plat of Stonebay would be subject to the current wetland ordinances rather than those in effect at the time of the original subdivision. The City Attorney noted that typically a new subdivision by state statute is not subject to any subsequent code changes for 2 years after final plat approval. The plat of Stonebay Sixth Addition was approved in June 200� and filed in November 2005, so the 2-year `grace period' is long past. The City adopted new wetland ordinances in August 2005 that eliminated the 26' setback requirement but established a requirement for wetland buffers of a width dependent on a `wetland protection classification', plus a 20' structure setback from the buffer. The City has not imposed the new wetland ordinances on the ongoing development of vacant Stonebay building lots; to do so at this time would likely render a number of lots unbuildable or very limited. There are no provisions in the Stonebay PUD Development Agreement that extend the grace period or that specifically allow development of existing lots under the wetland rules in place at the time the subdivision was approved. However, we intend to allow build-out of the remaining vacant lots under the original rules. The consensus among staff at our meeting Thursday morning was that revisions to the plat which expand the perimeter footprint of an individual lot or group of abutting lots into an adjacent commons outlot, should be subject to today's wetland rules. A question was also raised at that meeting regarding the appropriateness of going down the path of re-platting the perimeter boundaries of individual townhome lots to allow customization, regardless of the logic in support of doing so for any given site. The impact of this for adding a deck to the south side of 2480 Cobblestone Court is as follows: - A re-plat to expand the lot boundaries to accommodate a deck addition may encounter opposition from the standpoint that it would be precedent-setting for a townhome development situation ("if one person gets to re-plat, everybody will want to re-plat"). Telephone (952) 249-4600 • Fax (952) 249-4616 www.ci.orono.mn.us