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i � <br /> • CITY OF' ORONO <br /> Special PIeeting of the Orono Council, 4:00 P.7•i. <br /> � December 30, 1975 <br /> � The Orono Council met on the above date <br /> with the following members presenta A2ayor <br /> • Searles, Councilmembers Butler, ilassengale, <br /> � Paurus, anct [�Jelsh. Also present> City <br /> Aclministrator IIenson, City Attorney ITalkerson, <br /> • and City �ngineer Sather of PZcCombs-�:nutson <br /> Engineers, Official newspapers caere notified <br /> � December 23, 1975 of the agenda items to �e <br /> discussed, <br /> � <br /> '� ilayor Searles discusserl Orono° s concern �•�ith the `tdORTH FERNDAL� ROAU <br /> � referencedetoltheeE1we11Npropertyna�TheROrono Elwell Property <br /> � Council agreed to respond by letter to the City <br /> of Plymouth stating thata <br /> � <br /> llear iTayor Hilc�e o PTAYOT: HILDE LETTER <br /> � <br /> I an writing to express Orono's concern about the <br /> � _<�roposed clevelopraent on North I'ernc�ale Road, i,1e <br /> • recognize that the existing rural use of the land <br /> in question cannot reasonably be expected to <br />,� continue into the future. The fact that such an <br /> , per.-space use has remained in existence all these <br /> � �ears lias been a great plus for the residents of <br /> western Plymouth, eastern Orono and northcaest t�?ayzatao <br />� The municipal Problems raised by the present <br /> proposal are two-fold from Orono's viewpoint. <br /> One is the question of land-use com�atibility, <br /> [�Ie�t of Ilorth Ferndale Road the land is zoned for <br /> � rural residential use, with a minimum lot size <br /> of two acrese (The Chevy Chase area is zoned <br />♦ at one acre, u�ith much of the existing use '�ased <br /> on actual 1/2 to 3/4 acre lot �izes) . T�e suggest <br /> � i:hat the suY�division of the Elwell pro�erty <br /> , mic�ht fit better into the area land use pattern <br /> if the lot sizes varied from 1/2 to 1 acre, with <br /> i the larger lots located in the north and northeast <br /> portion of the pronerty beinc� developed. This <br /> � would tend to blend the proposec� land use into <br /> the more rural use to the north, in Plyr.louth, <br /> • and to the west in Oronoo <br /> � T^�e �rould appreciate hearing yaur vie��s anc? your <br /> � Council's viev�s on this "compatibility" question. <br /> � �l'ilP seconr� matter relates to transportation. <br /> �orth Ferndale Road s�rves both our cormlunities <br /> nd. T�7ayzata in the southern part. The existing <br /> nun�er of residences on North Ferndale in Orono <br /> # is a srnall percentage of the num}�er �roposecl on <br /> . the Elwell property. The Comprehensive PZan and <br /> Zoning of Orono indicates a continued lot <br /> � level of usage in the future. PTo Capital <br /> (Continued) <br />