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