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RESOLUTION NO. 5354
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION DENYING A WETLAND ALTERATION PERMIT FOR
LOTS 17 AND 18, EDGEWOOD SQUARE, REQUESTED BY
OAKWOOD LAND DEVELOPMENT;
PLANNING CASE NO. 565-99
WHEREAS, Oakwood Land Development has requested approval of a wetland alteration
permit to construct two single-family homes on properties zoned R-l, Single-Family Residential, legally
described as follows:
Lot... J 7 alld J 8, Block 1, EdgewoOll SlJuare, RUlmey COUllty, Millllesota
WHEREAS, parts of Lots 17 and IS lay \vithin the wetland designated as GF-4 in the City's
Local Water Management Plan; and,
WHEREAS, The City reviews all development that occurs within wetlands and their buffers
because of the important role that wetlands play in maintaining the ecosystem and the area hydrology,
in that they are critical to the present and future health, safety and general welfare of the land, animals
and people w.ithin the City: and,
WHEREAS, Lots 17 and 18 are completely contained \vithin a drainage and utility easement as
dedicated to the City in perpetuity as part of the Edgewood Square plat filed with Ramsey County on
June J7, 1983; and,
WHEREAS, on August 23, 1999, the Mounds View City Council denied a request to vacate
part of said drainage an utility easement based upon the findings that the lots served a significant public
purpose for drainage. buITering and flood control; and,
WHEREAS, without City approval of the requested easement vacation, private construction
activity may not occur on the subject lots.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the requested wetJand alteration permit is hereby
denied as no private alterations or construction activities are allowed to be performed within a publicly
dedicated drainage and utility easement.
Adopted this 13th day of September, 1999. /--- 'i. (;2'7 /'
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Dan Coughlin, M~yor J
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ATTEST:
Cha~.S~V'ClerkJ Administrator
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