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CITY of ORONO
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Street Address: Mailing Address:
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Orono, MN 55356 Crystal Bay, MN 55323-0066
April 26, 2007
Steve Coddon
P.O. Box 175
Mound, MN 55364
Re: Denial of Request for Sewer Connection Permit
Dear Mr. Coddon:
On March 9, 2007 the City of Orono received your application for a permit to construct
sanitary sewers to serve"Block 1, Baldur Park", accompanied by a set of construction
plans prepared by Schoell Madson. After reviewing the permit application with the City
Engineer and the City Attorney, I have concluded that it would be premature and
inappropriate to issue such a permit at this time. The reasons for denial are.iricorporated
into the comments below.
YOUR SEWER CONNECTION PERMIT IS HEREBY DENIED. Do not commence
work on this project.
I would offer the following brief comments, observations and recommendations as you
proceed forward in your effort to develop the Baldur Park properties:
1. Each individual dwelling unit must have a separate sewer service connection to
the municipal system. Any sewer system you construct that serves more than one
residence will be required to be part of the municipal sewer system owned and
operated by the City.
2. The City will not entertain construction of an addition to the municipal system
until a development plan for the property to be served has been approved by the
City. Your suggested disclaimer that the construction of a sewer system before
development has been approved will not guarantee a specific number of lots, does
not justify allowing construction prior to development approval.
3. Absent an approved development plan, it is unreasonable to establish the location
of a sewer line where it could potentially interfere with future development plans.
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4. Your proposed location for the sewer is generally following the existing driveway
serving the Puzak residence on Lot 30. It is the City's understanding that that
driveway exists on an easement that does not include the right to install and
maintain a municipal sewer line nor a private connection. New easements would
have to be granted to the City. Private construction of a sewer line in that location
will require variances for work within 75' of the lake. Construction of the sewer
as proposed may require an open cut as much as 20' or more in width, as well as
dewatering.
5. Based on the survey you provided and surveys for neighboring properties
appearing in City files, it is questionable whether your properties abut a public
road. Future development of your properties to create one or more building sites
will have to include the extension of a public or private road meeting City of
Orono standards. This may necessitate the acquisition of easements or land from
neighboring properties, a process in which the City will likely not participate.
6. As we have discussed, the mere legal combination of existing lots of record to
create new parcels exceeding 0.5 gross acres does not in any way guarantee the
buildability of those newly created lots. The City's requirements for lakeshore
setbacks and the non-buildability of wetlands, have been in place for many
decades and have had a clear limiting impact on the development of these
properties by past potential developers, as can be witnessed in the various
development application files on record. The more recent wetland ordinances that
require wetland buffers and structure setbacks from those buffers, will have a
further limiting impact.
The above comments merely touch on the variety of issues that surround development of
the Baldur Park properties. That is why we have recommended that you begin the
development process via a sketch plan application, which will begin a more
comprehensive review of these and additional issues. .
Please contact me at 952-249-4600 if you have questions. I have you scheduled to meet
with me at 10:00 a.m. on W dnesday, May 9 to discuss the application process.
Sincerely,
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Michael P. Gaffron
Planning Director
cc: Ben Gozola at Schoell Madson
Tom Casey
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