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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 19, 1985 PAGE 4 <br />all four cases. <br />One of the concerns of the City Council was the visual impact of <br />the neighborhood, so Bohrer asked the applicant to shoot with an <br />engineers level the elevation of the street and then the existing <br />houses that are around the area to get a comparison. The new <br />front yards that are proposed to be filled are approximately 7 <br />feet above the street level. The elevation is 979 at the top of <br />the hill areas and above elevation 972 in the street. Comparing <br />that with the existing house immediately to the north, the garage <br />floor is 979.4 which is 7.4 feet above the street. On Lot 5 the <br />garage at 978.9 is about 7 feet above street level. On Lot 4 the <br />garage would be 10.9 feet above street level and first floor 12.2 <br />feet above street level. On Lot 3 the garage is 7.7 feet above <br />street level and the first floor is 12.6 feet above street level. <br />Bohrer stated that from an elevation standpoint, it would appear <br />that the front yards of these lots would not be higher than the <br />front yards of the developed lots. <br />John Hartman, Lot 1 across the street, stated that the elevation <br />is dramatically different and his elevation goes up only slightly <br />to the street. Lot 1 and Lot 2 both have houses that would be <br />right along the street level. <br />Andy Rolling, lot 4 directly across from the lots, has a setback <br />of 150-160 feet back from the road. <br />Dave McCall, Lot 3, has a 150 foot setback from the road. F <br />Bohrer stated that the setback distance necessary for the house to <br />stay out of this proposed fill on the septic system for Lot 3 <br />would be at least 120 feet back from the curbline. Mr. Gary <br />Bance's house is 76 feet back from the right-of-way and about 90 <br />feet from the curbline. Mr. Bance expressed that the garage is <br />north of the slab, but a section of the slab is in the front so <br />this would be 100 feet from the curbline. <br />The applicant has proposed to keep the lot levels low enough to <br />pass any drainage from the back yard out into the street. There <br />is no filling or grading proposed in the rear of the lots. It <br />appears from the contours that going east of these lots, which is <br />DeMontreville 6th Park, the land does slope away and there is a <br />large culvert under Highlands Trail and goes to a pond. A <br />statement was made that water runs across these lots and it <br />appears that some may generate from the backyards of these other <br />lots, but it doesn't appear that it could run from the park across <br />Lots 1 and 2. The visual impact of the existing houses slope <br />somewhat uniformly from the street. The landscaping would not be <br />done until the houses are built. The top soil would be stripped, <br />fill hauled in, and top soil placed back over the prepared areas. <br />Bohrer advised that the soil which would account for the treatment <br />area would be hauled in, and he has looked at the soil and it <br />appears to be adequate. The final test is in the spring when they <br />