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A RESOLIITION TO A1�ND THE STIIBBS BAY �
SANITARY SEWSR ASSESSMENT ROLL — '
REDDCTION OF PRINCIPAL AMOIINT OF ASSESSMENT
FOR DONALD GRONBERG PROPffitTY IACATED ON LEAF STREET �
WHEREAS, on July 27, 1992 the Orono City Council adopted t
Resolution No. 3145 to adopt the Stubbs Bay sanitary sewer assessment
roll; and ,
WHEREAS, Donald R. Gronberg is owner of the parcel of land
• legal ly described as Tract B, Registered Land Survey No. 744, Files of
Registrar of Titles, Hennepin County, Minnesota (hereinafter the
property) ; and
WHEREAS, the assessment rol 1 adopted in Resolution No. 3145 •.
sets the principal amount of the assessment for the property at
$18,880.00; and •
WHER$AS, the property owner appealed the amount of the �
assessment; and
WHEREAS, the Orono City Counci 1 reviewed the merits of the
assessment appeal and agreed to reduce the principal amount of the
assessment from $18,880.00 to $11,400.00 based on one or more of the ,
following findings of fact: �
1. The property is a vacant lot containing approximately 0.66
acre of contiguous dry buildable land exclusive of roadways
and pond areas. �
2. The lot was created as part of RLS No. 744 in March 1958,
and met the 25,000 s.f./120' area in width standards then in
effect. �
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3. City Ordinance No. 22, adopted 10/12/59, established a
minimum building lot size of 1 acre and 140' minimum width
at the building line. That code allowed the City Council to
grant variances for substandard lots in single separate
ownership.
4. The property continued its status as a substandard lot with
� the 1967 rezoning to R-1C, 1 acre single family residential.
5. The lot became even more substandard when the area was
rezoned to RR-1B in 1975, requiring 2 acres and 200' width.
6. Environment regulations have gradually reduced the potential
buildable area of the lot. Ordinance No. 63 in April 1964
excluded wetlands from the dry buildable area calculation.
Ordinance No. 179, adopted in September 1975, required a 26'
structure setback from the pond. The Shoreland Regulations
• adopted in 19 9 2 required a 7 5' structura 1 setback f rom the
pond if the lot is sewered, 100' if it is not sewered.
7. Septic system requirements through the years have become
increasingly strict.
8. Until the City Council adopted the Shoreland Regulations in
February 1992, a house could have been constructed on the
property meeting all state septic system design and setback
requirements and would have met all Orono zoning code
� requirements except the lot area and width requirements.
9. Prior to 1975 , substandard lots of similar size and
character were granted building permits for construction of
single family residences without the need for variances in
the Cygnet/Leaf neighborhood in which the property is
located.
10. Lot area and width variances were granted for similarly
situated lots in the Cygnet/Leaf neighborhood after the 1975
rezoning to 2 acre lot standards.
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11. Prior to adoption of the assessment roll, the City Council
directed that all vacant lots less than 2 acres in area be
assessed the full unit amount rather than having said
assessment reduced as was done for developed lots in the
neighborhood, on the basis that the value of vacant
substandards lots increases substantially more than that of
developed lots as a result of the sewer project.
12. The property has been in single separate ownership of the
current owner since 1959.
13. It is highly likely that the lot area and width variances to
construct a residence on the property would have been
granted prior to the adoption of new Shoreland Regulations
in February 1992.
14. The assessment of a full unit principal amount of $18,880.00
• for the property would be an unfair burden to the property
owner on the basis that as a lot in single separate
ownership it likely would have been allowed to be developed
with a single family residence as recently as six months
prior to adoption of the assessment roll, and therefore the
benefit to the property is no greater than the $11,400.00
benefit to other developed lots in the neighborhood.
NOW, THER$FOR$, BS IT RESOLVED that the Stubbs Bay sanitary
sewer assessment roll adopted per Resolution No. 3145 is hereby
amended �to revise the principal assessment amount for the groperty
from $18,880.00 to $11,400.00.
Adopted by the City Council this 9th day of November, 1992.
ATT ST:
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STATE OF MINNESOTA )
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COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on this
9th day of November, 1992, by Barbara A. Peterson & Dorothy M. Hallin,
Mayor & City Clerk of the City of Orono, a Minnesota municipal
corporation and said instrument was executed on behalf of the City.
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y . LINDA S. VEE Notary Public
NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA
HENNEPIN COUNTY
My commisslon expires 8-12-98
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