12-04-1974 Council Meeting Minutes with PC

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� . � MINUTES OF A COUNCIL MEETING HELD DECEMBER 4 , 1974 Page 37 � affects that commercial activities would have on adjacent residential properties and on the lake. � These adverse economic affects have been illustrated time and time again by the residents who have � appeared befo�e the council and by the village assessor who has reported to the staff and council r in the past that the nearby residential property • suffers a great diminution in value because of the presence of a B-2 operation. Moreover, the � village Council in the past did not know the extent of the adverse affects that were caused by the � sotrm water run-off directly into Lake Minnetonka without first having been purified. Moreover, � at the time the original adoption of the B-2 zones, there were very few boats on the lake and � there were no problems with boat density or boat ! congestion. Recent studies have shown that Lake Minnetonka can no longer be used by the citizens i around the lake and by those people who are commercially storing their boats for use at the � Marinas if additional development of these B-2 areas is allowed, with the resulting increased boat � density. All the reports point to the fact the pres- sure on the lake presently is too great and that � increased boat density must be curtailed and, • in some cases, ameliorated. Moreover, at the time of the enactment of the original B-2 amendment, � the entire area of Orono had not been developed for residential purposes to the extent that it is � now developed. The northshore drive along and servicing this B-2 area to be rezoned was at one � time more than adequate for the traffic loads in the area. However, now due to the increased develop- � ment in. the area and to the increased traffic . loads generated by the present B-2 uses in that area, the northshore road is totally inadequate � for the present traffic loads. It should be noted that this B-2 area is basically located � on an island serviced by 3 small bridges. The areas that are immediately to the east of the � area to be rezoned are presently developed as residential properties, the area immediately to � the south is presently developed as residential • properties , the area to the west of the present B-2 zone has been residentially developed also. � The present B-2 zone is a pocket of commercial activity on a penninsula serviced by the long � narrow residential road and is surrounded by a residential community. This was not the situation � years ago when the B-2 zones were originally created. The Harza Study and the Surface Water � Management Plan all indicate that intense ��evelopment of this type near a lake results in an increased pollution of the lake water. The � � �