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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Monday,November 20,2006� <br /> , ` 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> (#06-3248 I30LLANDER, CONTINUED) <br /> Hollander stated he would get to that. Hollander stated prior to the fence going up in 2003, for two years <br /> in a row friends of his helped him clean up his yard and each year they found numerous golf balls in his <br /> yard. Hollander stated he does not reside close to the golf course but that he has experienced two or three <br /> broken windows on the south side of his home due to golf balls and that a golf ball came close to hitting <br /> an acquaintance of his. <br /> Hollander stated prior to the fence being constructed,he has witnessed people walking through his yard <br /> and that he found remnants of a fire by his back door. Hollander stated after the fence was put up, a no <br /> trespassing sign was erected in an effort to keep people and golf balls out of his yard. <br /> Hollander stated he has been a real estate broker since 1989 and that reduction of the height of the fence <br /> has decreased the value of his property. Hollander stated the fence was built along the contour of the land <br /> and the fence helped increase the value of the property to over one million dollars and that in the past year <br /> he has invested a considerable amount of money into the property. <br /> Hollander indicated the fence was built during the summer of 2003,inspected by the City of Orono,and <br /> approved in the summer of 2003. Hollander stated there is a two-year statute of limitations on the fence . <br /> and that the City is not in a position to require removal of the fence. Hollander stated he is not currently <br /> residing in the house. <br /> Hollander requested the Planning Commission read the affidavit that he has submitted. Hollander noted <br /> he has provided some photographs to the Planning Commission depicting fences throughout the City that <br /> are too high or violate the City's fence standards in some manner. Hollander pointed out there is a <br /> mistake in the photographs he has submitted and that there are three fences located in Wayzata that <br /> should not have been included. � <br /> Hollander displayed a photograph of a split rail fence and stated that the City allows a split rail fence if it <br /> encloses animals. Hollander stated the split rail fence that is depicted in one of his photographs does not <br /> enclose any horses. <br /> Bremer noted the Planning Commissioners do have the photographs in front of them. <br /> Hollander stated he informed the building inspector and the city administrator approximately three <br /> months about the fence off of Spring Hill Road on North Spring Road and that he was told the fence is <br /> under investigation. Hollander questioned the need to investigate the fence and that all that is required is <br /> a measurement of the fence. To date the City of Orono has not cited any of the other property owners <br /> whose fences are in violation and instead have only cited him,which is discrimination. <br /> Bremer stated she has reviewed all the photographs submitted by the applicant. <br /> Hollander stated the fence on Turham Road as well as some other fences within the City also do not <br /> house any animals. � <br /> � PAGE 23 ' <br />