09-13-1976 Council Meeting Minutes

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� • ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD SEPTEP�BER 13, 1976 Pa e 10 g � In respect to the present property owners at PETITION - IVY LANE 1535 Long Lake Boulevard, your action to assure (Continued) � this is requested, • Letter from Louis B. Oberhauser to the Orono City Council statesa • � I have been contacted by PTr. Richard P�lurlows)ci, 1535 Long Lake Boulevard, Long Lake, P2innesota, � regarding an existing problem concerning Ivy Lane, and I would like to ask a few minutes of your time � �o review �•�ith you my client°s existin_q problem and suggest to you some of the considerations that � I teel are important in arriving at an equitable + solution. � PZy client has recently purchased a home located on Lot 19 , Albee° s Long Lake Ad�itiono and � immediately to the west of said lot there is a 25 ° public road and street easement vver the • casterly 25 ° of Lot 18, My client°s lot is 60 ' in width at the rear and 66 ' along the lake- � shore, The actual width o� the lot is nrobably � 55 ' measured on a perpendicular line. rZr. PZurlo�aski° s house lies adjacent to Ivy Lane � and the activities that occur on ivy Lane directly a�fect the ability of Mro P�urlowski to enjoy his � Property, Since moving into the house, Ivy Lane has been used for picnics and barbecues, s�aimming • beach, boat mooring area, and a dock and swimming raft are kept there, He inquired of the City � whether these activities were permissible and � the City has red taggec� these activities. Suh- sequent to the City red tagging these activities, � a petition was circulated within the neighborhood a�king that these activities be allo��ed to continue • even though they do interfere with the ability of adjacent lot owners to enjoy their property and � are contrary to established policy. � The Ivy Lane problem is in microspect a City wide � problem because there are numerous undeveloped public streets and fire lanes g.iving access to Lonc7 � Lake and Lake P�Zinnetonka and throughout the City of Orono, The existence of these facilities • presents two problems for the City, the first � being the question of what kinds of development should be allowed on these access strips, and � secondly, if development of these access strips is going to be allowed by the Village who shall � have a right to install and maintain man made structures as accessory uses to these access points, • he City has long recognized that the mulit-use *' aevelopment of lake access points to be used both � as a swimming facility, fishing facility, and boating facility would be an absolute folly, and (Continued) • �