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CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. 67 8 9 4. The Property contains 2.16 acres in area and has a defined lot width of over 200 feet. 5. The property will be served by municipal water and sanitary sewer. 6. The Property is within Tier 1 and hardcover is limited to 25 % according to the Stormwater Quality Overlay District. 7. The 3 parcels will be subdivided into 2 buildable lots and 1 outlot. The outlot will be used for access, consistent with the requirements of Section 82-256 regarding frontiback lot divisions. The two buildable lots will conform to the requirements of the zoning district related to lot area and width, and both lots provide adequate building sites within the required front, side, rear, lake yard, and average lake yard setbacks. 8. The Developer has prepared grading plans to manage stormwater on site without negatively impacted adjacent parcels 9. Access to the property is via the northern extension of Ivy Place, a public road, and via a private easement through 3560 Ivy Place, a private occupied residence. 10. In considering this application for variance, the Council has considered the advice and recommendation of the Planning Commission and the effect of the proposed subdivision upon the health, safety and welfare of the community, existing and anticipated traffic conditions, light and air, danger of fire, risk to the public safety, and the effect on values of property in the surrounding area. 11. The Parks, Trails and Open Space element of the Orono Community Management Plan (CMP) has no current plans for parks that specifically require dedication of park land from this property. The City will confirm the park dedication required at the time of final plat. 12. The developer has submitted a Conservation Design Report and Master Plan prepared by Anderson Engineering dated July 17, 2017 that inventories and describes in detail the environmental features of the site, defining what natural values of the site should be preserved or enhanced and how that should occur. In general, the site is a point into Lake Minnetonka, and a number of low quality volunteer trees have emerged. The site is very flat, and not much higher than Lake Minnetonka, requiring special care in building construction. A preliminary landscape plan has been developed to introduce high quality planting to the site.