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Mounds View City Council Page 6 Regular Meeting November 29, 1994 1 MOTION/SECOND: Wuori/Trude to Adopt Resolution No. 4670 Approving 2 a Conditional Use Permit for Dennis Patterson, 8121 Edgewood Drive, 3 to Allow for the Construction of an Oversized Accessory Building 4 5 Councilmember Trude asked if there had been an on-site inspection. 6 Harrington affirmed there had been. 7 8 VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 9 10 Consideration of Request for a Wetland Alteration Permit, for Louis 11 Downing, Woodale and Longview 12 13 Mayor Linke opened the public hearing at 7: 15 p.m. 14 15 Paul Harrington, Community Development Coordinator, explained that 16 Louis Downing, the owner of Lot 2 , Block 1 of Downing Addition, has 17 made application for a Wetland Alteration Permit. Mr. Downing is 18 in the process of selling this property to a potential buyer based 19 on whether the lot is buildable or not. The Wetland Zoning 20 Ordinance requires that a Wetland Alteration Permit be issued for 21 the construction, alteration, or removal of any structure in or 22 upon a Wetland Zoning District. Mr. Downing's property is 23 primarily within the Wetland Buffer Zone, which is a 100 foot strip 24 that surrounds the wetlands. The City has a controlling interest 25 in those Buffer Zones because of the potential impacts on the 26 wetlands themselves. In Mounds View, those wetlands are used for 27 storm water retention and detention and they play an important role 28 in the storm water management plans of the City. For that reason, 29 a public hearing is required. 30 31 Harrington said this item had been reviewed by himself as well as 32 by Rocky Keene, the City Consulting Engineer, for compliance with 33 the Municipal Code. Harrington commented that the City Consulting 34 Engineer did not see a problem with the home being constructed on 35 the property. It should not adversely affect the wetland itself. 36 However, the applicant has indicated on a site plan some additional 37 landscaping and clearing of the property and installing of sod. 38 Harrington and the City Consulting Engineer both felt that would 39 not be in the best intentions of the Code. He explained that the 40 Code does not encourage the elimination of natural vegetative cover 41 in the areas of wetlands and that includes the Buffer Zones. 42 43 Harrington said that he and the City Consulting Engineer had 44 reviewed the issues of storm water runoff and the impacts to the 45 wetland. With the use of an overhead projector, Harrington 46 presented a map which indicated the location of the property at 47 Longview and Woodale Drive, noting that the map had been forwarded 48 to him by the prospective buyer and not by the applicant. This map 49 showed the proposed location of the home in relation to the wetland 50 and the 100 foot Wetland Buffer Zone. He pointed out that the City