12-04-1974 Council Meeting Minutes with PC

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MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 4 , 1974 Page 13 as 2 acres also. However, that area will have additional restrictions a�d regulations since �t is even closer to the lake, It was noted that one small area in the middle of area "B" is presently developed as a 1 acre subdivision. � That is the Hackberry area and it is serviced by sewer from Long Lake which is only several blocks away. However, the City of Long Lake • does not have the sewer capacity to allow for any additional intense development in that area. It was noted that Hackberry had to be sewered when it was discovered that the 1 acre � on-site disposal systems were not adequate to protect the public from the pollutants caused by those on-site systems. There is one small pocket of industrial use . that is in the northern section of the "B" area and it is surrounded by railroad tracks, roads and is sewered by the City of Long Lake. � The members present noted that the development in this area as � acre lots would result in � extreme congestion on the village road system. This congestion would be deleterious to the � safety of the children in the area. It was noted that the Orono school system is located in the "B" area and that there presently are major traffic problems and hazards in that area even though it is basically undeveloped. � To allow development as 1 acre lots in the area would require major road networks which would � be a financial burden upon the people and the village, and would result in dense development � and the storm water run-off problem which . follow such development. � The members present noted that in order to prevent excessive and wasteful scattering of � population throughout area "B" , which develop- ments would force expensive sewers, water lines , road networks and which would result in the destruction of the ecological balance presently � existing, that area must be rezoned to 2 acre lots. Only by rezoning the area, would the village be able to protect the water quality and eliminate � the need for storm water treatment facilities, all in the interest of protecting the general health and � welfare of the citizens of Orono. It was noted that at the community seminars and at the public hearings previously, the residents � in the area requested also that the property be � rezoned from 1 to 2 acre lots.