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CITY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
NO. 2071
ORONO
A RESOLUTION
DENYING CONNECTION TO MUNICIPAL SEWER
FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT
2165 WATERTOWN ROAD
WHEREAS, Bruce Carlson (hereinafter "the applicant") has an
interest in property located at 2165 Watertown Road within the City of
Orono (hereinafter "City) and legally described as Lot 1, Block 1,
Balsawood; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Orono Municipal Code Section
3.05, Subdivision 7 (B) , the applicant has requested that he be
allowed to connect the proposed house on said property to the Long
Lake Municipal Sewer System located adjacent to the property; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the recommendations
of the staff and the comments and written statements of the applicant
regarding this request.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Orono hereby denies the requested sewer connection for the
property described above based upon one or more of the following
findings of fact concerning this property:
1. The property is located in the RR-1B Single Family Rural
Residential 2-Acre unsewered zoning district.
2. The property was created according to and in conformance with
all the standards of the RR-1B district through a subdivision
approved by the City Council per Resolution No. 1706 on December
10, 1984.
3. At the time the property was subdivided, the developer's
engineer submitted soil testing reports and on-site sewage treat-
ment system design data indicating a suitable on-site system can
be installed on the property to serve the proposed house and can
be expected to function satisfactorily.
4. The City Council adopted the Orono Community Management Plan
in June, 1980 as a guide to the orderly and economic development
of the City. Chapter 6 of the Community Management Plan, known
as the Comprehensive Sewer Policy Plan, contains the City's Rural
Sewage Treatment Policies, and indicates that residential sewage
generated in the rural zoning districts is intended to be treated
on-site without extension of municipal utilities.
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CITY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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5. Allowing the applicant to connect to the Long Lake sewer
adjacent to the property would set a precendent, to the extent
that the City has heretofore required all new residential
development in the "RR-" rural residential zoning districts to
make use of private on-site sewage treatment facilities, when
such facilities are technically feasible. The City has
identified numerous properties which border on sewered areas and
which could be expected to make a similar request to that of the
applicant if the current request is approved. Allowing such
connections would require an amendment to the Community
Management Plan.
6. The fact has been established that a suitable on-site sewage
treatment system can be installed on the property, hence
connection to the municipal sewer is not required because of
hardship, but merely as a economic convenience to the applicant.
7. The City previously denied connection of the sewer to this
property on November 12, 1985 per Resolution No. 1884.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orono, Minnesota
at a regular meeting held October 27, 1986.
ATT ST:
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V
othy M. llin, City Clerk Mary C. Bu er, Mayor
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