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April 5,2017 <br /> PC Exhibit B <br /> Dear Mike Gaffron and the Orono Planning Commission members, <br /> This letter is in regard to#17-3911, Lakewest, LLC,3245 Wayzata Boulevard and Curt Fretham's request <br /> for an Interim Use Permit to allow construction staging, materials and equipment storage and materials <br /> recycling at that location (the old Eisinger property). <br /> I am writing this letter to represent the concerns of my parents, Robert& Kathryn Dumas. They are the <br /> owners of Dumas Apple House and are the immediate neighbors to the east. <br /> We realize you are dealing with two separate issues. The Planning Commission and City Council have <br /> discussed adding language to your ordinance to handle requests for an Interim Use Permit as there is no <br /> language now to address this request. The other issue is actually discussing whether an Interim Use <br /> Permit should be issued to Mr. Fretham. We would like to address the second issue. <br /> We have quite a few concerns with allowing Mr. Fretham to use his property for construction staging, <br /> material and equipment storage and materials recycling—gravel crushing. Rather than list all the <br /> storage and staging we will from here on in just say, "gravel crushing"to encompass everything but in <br /> fewer words. <br /> 1) Allowing a gravel crushing site on that property is not consistent for the uses which the property <br /> is guided in the comprehensive plan. Neither the current Orono zoning nor the Long Range <br /> Land Use Plan allow for a gravel crushing facility on this parcel of land. Possibly some of you <br /> and/or your predecessors worked very hard on these plans and the results were carefully <br /> arrived at for a reason. <br /> 2) Some of you may feel that this is a less populated area than other potential gravel crushing sites, <br /> but those of us that are on the neighboring properties are not any less important. <br /> 3) The Orono Preserve development(our neighbor to the east) has already sold four lots/houses <br /> and I'm sure will sell several more this spring. We would think new home owners could be in <br /> their houses possibly within the next year. The four current buyers and any potential buyers <br /> may know nothing of the proposed gravel crushing site. We would think they would have <br /> concerns about a gravel crushing site so close to their newly purchased home in a residential <br /> neighborhood. <br /> 4) There is talk of other debris being brought in to this site, not just the asphalt from the Hwy 112 <br /> project. Would there really be a way to monitor,regulate or control what else is brought in? <br /> 5) Do you know if there would be any burning of any type of materials at this site? <br /> 6) Would there be any melting of any type of materials at this site? <br /> 7) Noise is an issue. Heavy machinery and gravel crushing makes quite a bit more noise than a <br /> residential neighborhood. Also, Mr. Fretham has stated that some of their gravel crushing and <br /> work will be done at night. Day time noise is bad enough, but night time noise of heavy <br /> equipment and gravel crushing would definitely not be welcome. <br /> From the Orono Code of Ordinances Section 58-119: (b) <br /> Maximum noise levels by receiving land use districts. No person shall operate or cause or <br /> permit to be operated any source of noise in such a manner as to create a noise level <br /> outdoors exceeding the dB limit set in table 1 for the receiving land use district specified. <br />