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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2071 r , S:�� �` �k�V C�t� o� ORONO -a:.:� � ;�„��,s • �F {�M''� . RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL r�:�.r, • ;,.;. •v;, NO. 2071 r�..: _ • �.,:�� • . ,. '`•s; A RESOLIITION DENYING CONNECTION TO MQNICIPAL SEWER . FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2165 WATERTOWN ROAD WH$RLAS, Bruce Carlson (hereinafter "the applicant") has an interest in property Yocated at 2165 Watertown Road within the City of Orono (hereinafter "City) and legally described as Lot l, Block 1, Balsawood; and WHSREAS, in accordance with Orono Municipal Code Section 3.05, Subdivision 7 (B), the applicant has requested that he be allowed to connect the proposed house on said property to the Long � Lake Municipal Sewer System located adjacent to the property; and • WHER$AS, the City Counci 1 has reviewed the recommendations of the staff and the comments and written statements of the applicant regarding this request. NOW, TH$REFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Counci 1 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 insta��.ed on the property to serve the proposed house and can be expected to function satisfactorily. • 4. The City CounciY 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 PoYicies, and indicates that residential sewage generated in the rural zoning districts is intended to be treated on-site without extension of municipal utilities. Page 1 of 2 � . ' �_,��> � � ,r� �� Clt� O� �R�N� ,.,,. • �.��:.: j� . 5t.,y.��y.�--'�i�._a"l' ,..'r'C`:`y5 iS;:'�`_ "�°::"" RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ,t,�?'. ;,;� NO. 2��1 .4�, , ,,. . � _ �.� � .,.u .,L i:r�. 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 faci �ities 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 P1an. 6. The fact has been established that a suitable on-site sewage treatment system can be instaYled 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 previous ly 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 T: � Do othy M allin, City C1erk Mary C. Bu 1er, Mayor � Page 2 of 2