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, • , <br /> WINSTON LAW OFFICE <br /> June 5, 2007 <br /> City of Orono <br /> ATTN: Mike Gaffron <br /> Planning Director <br /> PO Box 66 <br /> Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br /> RE: 2265 North Shore Drive, Orono, Minnesota <br /> PID Nos. 10-117-23-33-0005 and 0006 <br /> Gregg W. and Denise E. Steinhafel <br /> ("Steinhafel Property") <br /> AND <br /> 2165 North Shore Drive, Orono, Minnesota <br /> PID No. 15-117-23-22-0001 <br /> Walter M. Ringer III, et al. <br /> ("Ringer Property") <br /> Ladies and Gentlemen: <br /> We represent Gregg and Denise Steinhafel, the owners of the property at 2265 <br /> North Shore Drive, Orono, Minnesota (PID Nos. 10-117-23-33-0005 and 0006). The <br /> Steinhafels have asked us to render an opinion with regard to whether the Ringer <br /> Property, which adjoins the easterly boundary of the Steinhafel Property, can be <br /> subdivided under applicable Orono ordinances. It is our opinion that the Ringer <br /> Property cannot be subdivided under applicable ordinances, and we wish to be on <br /> record with the City of Orono as having stated that opinion. To reach our conclusion, <br /> we reviewed (i) the title history to the Steinhafel Property, and in particular the 1955 <br /> Deed by which the Murphy family came to own the property; (ii) the past and current <br /> uses of the Steinhafel Property and the Ringer Property; and (iii) the applicable <br /> subdivision ordinances. The summary of our review follows. <br /> Title Historv. <br /> The SteinhafPls acquired their property in 2003 from the Kingsley Murphy family. <br /> The Murphy family riad acquired this property almost 50 years earlier by warranty deed <br /> dated December 21, 1955, and recorded as Document No. 3039753 (the "1955 Deed"). <br /> 39i2 II)S Center,8o South Eighth Street,Minneapolis,Minnesota 55402 <br /> Telephone: 6i2.34i.9800 Facsimile: 6i2.332.i2i5 Email:winlaw�a popp.net <br />