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Mounds View City Council Page 6 411 Regular Meeting November 29, 1994 MOTION/SECOND: Wuori/Trude to Adopt Resolution No. 4670 Approving a Conditional Use Permit for Dennis Patterson, 8121 Edgewood Drive, to Allow for the Construction of an Oversized Accessory Building Councilmember Trude asked if there had been an on-site inspection. Harrington affirmed there had been. VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Consideration of Request for a Wetland Alteration Permit, for Louis Downing, Woodale and Longview Mayor Linke opened the public hearing at 7: 15 p.m. Paul Harrington, Community Development Coordinator, explained that Louis Downing, the owner of Lot 2, Block 1 of Downing Addition, has made application for a Wetland Alteration Permit. Mr. Downing is in the process of selling this property to a potential buyer based on whether the lot is buildable or not. The Wetland Zoning Ordinance requires that a Wetland Alteration Permit be issued for the construction, alteration, or removal of any structure in or upon a Wetland Zoning District. Mr. Downing's property is 411 primarily within the Wetland Buffer Zone, which is a 100 foot strip that surrounds the wetlands. The City has a controlling interest in those Buffer Zones because of the potential impacts on the wetlands themselves. In Mounds View, those wetlands are used for storm water retention and detention and they play an important role in the storm water management plans of the City. For that reason, a public hearing is required. Harrington said this item had been reviewed by himself as well as by Rocky Keene, the City Consulting Engineer, for compliance with the Municipal Code. Harrington commented that the City Consulting Engineer did not see a problem with the home being constructed on th- e pr-oper-ty. —It should not adversely -a-ftect—the wetland itse1f.—_—__ However, the applicant has indicated on a site plan some additional landscaping and clearing of the property and installing of sod. Harrington and the City Consulting Engineer both felt that would not be in the best intentions of the Code. He explained that the Code does not encourage the elimination of natural vegetative cover in the areas of wetlands and that includes the Buffer Zones. Harrington said that he and the City Consulting Engineer had reviewed the issues of storm water runoff and the impacts to the wetland. With the use of an overhead projector, Harrington presented a map which indicated the location of the property at Longview and Woodale Drive, noting that the map had been forwarded to him by the prospective buyer and not by the applicant. This map showed the proposed location of the home in relation to the wetland and the 100 foot Wetland Buffer Zone. He pointed out that the City