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GITYofORONO <br />Municipal Offlca <br />Post Offlce Ben <br />Crystal Bay, MiniMsoia SS32}4M)66 <br />February 24, 1992 <br />Mr. Jack Shannon <br />Edina Realty <br />1120 East Wayzata Blvd. <br />Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 <br />Re: 940 Brown Road South - Horses <br />Dear Mr. Shannon: <br />I have reviewed the various Orono Zoning Code Sections regarding <br />horses, in relation to the property at 940 South Brown Road. Also <br />included in my analysis are Shorelancl Regulations expected to be <br />adopted by the City Council on Monday, February 24, which have a <br />bearing on the possibilities. <br />I would make the following observations and comments: <br />1.This property is located in the RR-IB Rural Residential zone <br />in which horses are an allowed accessory use, hence if a <br />proposal for keeping horses meets all pertinent standards, <br />you would not inherently need a conditional use permit or <br />variance. <br />2.Based on air photo base maps with wetland and property <br />boundary overlay, the property contains approximately 4 1/2 <br />acres of dry buildable land, the eastern third of which is <br />wooded. <br />3.Orono Code requires a minimum of 3 acres in order to have <br />one horse, and at least 2 acres of that must be dedicated as <br />open pasture. One additional acre of open pasture must be <br />added for each additional horse. <br />4."Open pasture," by definition, cannot include wetland areas. <br />Further, the proposed Shoreland Regulations would not allow <br />grazing in steep slope or bluff areas, and if the enclosure <br />for grazing or pasture areas is less than 1 acre per horse <br />total, this by definition becomes a feedlot and must, meet a <br />300' setback from lakeshore as defined by the Ordinary High <br />Water Level (OHWL) contour. <br />TELEPHONE-473-7357 • FAX-473-0510