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C«p7! McC^ <br />Kabusth vbknon e. mccov <br />1425 - Bay ridgk road, Rt. s <br />WAVZATA, Minnesota 53391 <br />November 1, 1982 <br />Jean A. Mabuath <br />Zoning Administrator <br />City of Orono <br />F.O, Bex 66 <br />Crystal Bay 55391 <br />Dear Jean: <br />Thank you for your letter of September 10th in reply to <br />mine of an earlier date requesting information as to <br />procedures necessary towards obtaining a variant to establish <br />or confirm ^^cts k/R/l/U as buildable property, Bou^t <br />in 1966 as to A^ and added to by acquisition of S/l/U in <br />1968 when 1 acre minimums were ruling I*ve spent a lot of <br />money in developing this largost-ln-the-area-for-milos-around <br />Lakeshore lot as buildable property and I must resent any local <br />effort to destroy its value when it meats all the objectives <br />specified in the 1975 ordinance. Land encompassed is 2 acres <br />physically and 1,4 buildable area by title. <br />This is particularly a warm issue to me alter paying first <br />rate taxes 55^ hi^er on an evaluation agreed on as fair in <br />a meeting vith the assessor (Hennepin County) in the spring <br />of 1982, It vas also agreed that ny problem was and is with <br />the Orono Planning Commission, <br />I point out that a refusal of a variant if the”unrea1 ifen" <br />and not the request for same. <br />A basis for a rejection of today as a "SUBSTANDARD buildable lot <br />with "common ownership^to my adjoining homestead is highly <br />discriminatory and the advice given could be possibly illegal <br />since I paid cash for these properties with no encumbrances <br />while my adjoining Homestead carries a lien on it; a mortgage <br />hold by First National Bank of Wayzata to render it more <br />saleable, Expropirlatlon is not only hl^ handed but impossible. <br />The citizenry is compelled to scrutinize local administration <br />which can become over-zealous and oppressive unless they relate <br />to the changed econony which now prevails and makes 1975 <br />inflated standards "Pio-ln-the-Sky, And as we go to the polls <br />tomorrow these theu^ts will be rampant. May be thel^ <br />will bo some changes.,and apparently your commission realizes <br />that some lifting of restrictions are in order or mlfhb be <br />considered. My taxes wore paid under protest with accompaning <br />explanation. We do thank our city administrators for a lot <br />of work in an exacting climate..and we will talk..and wait. <br />.y,E,McCoy /1?.?^ /'Jl <br />I'd appreciate it if you would show this <br />to Alan Olson, !/. r-