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CASE REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO GRADE AND EXPORT SOILS; CASE OF NORTH FORK, INC. By: City Engineer Steve Jankowski Background: On July 21, 1997, the City received an application for North Fork, Inc. to grade and export soils in various areas of the Northfork P.U.D. The following items are enclosed for your information: 2. 3. 4. 5. Site location map Grading Plans Draft Planning Commission public hearing and meeting minutes of 8/5/97 Proposed findings of fact Proposed conditional use permit Notification: In accordance with State statute, property owners within at least 350 feet of the subject project areas were notified of the public hearing. Observations: The first project area is Lots 1, 2 and 3 of Block 1 in the Northfork Highlands addition. The Highlands Proposal consists of excavating approximately 2,000 yards of material within the subject area to better define the "walk-out" building locations. Material excavated would be used to berm along Lot 1 abutting the golf course and to add some material to Iow spots on the fronts of Lots 2 and 3. No material will be exported from the involved lots. The height of the berm and exact location have not been identified. Although the topographic information submitted cannot verify that drainage patterns will not be altered, the field observation affirms that claim. Because of the close proximity of the proposed grading to the City street and the relatively steep slopes, silt fence should be placed along the right-of-way of Turnberry Turn and Turnberry Court. The second project area is Lots 3 and 4 of Block 2 in the Northfork Lake addition. The Lake Proposal consists of exporting approximately 13,000 yards of material from the involved lots so as to bring the building sites on the lots closer to the abutting streets. This would result in more open space between homes to be built on these lots and the homes already built on Lots 2 and 5. The proposed haul route consists Of traveling west on Inverness Lane and then westward for a distance of approximately 800 feet, and continuing westward across the golf course, and then onto Jarvis Street, and then southward onto Hwy. #10. The excavation will cover an area of approximately two acres. No erosion control has been proposed. The slopes along the neighboring Lots 5 and 2 are steep and subject to erosion. Also, drainage from the excavated area will flow toward the created lake. An erosion control plan for this proposal is recommended. In addition, grading for this parcel should be done in a continuous time frame without interruption. The involved grading proposal was previously approved but the permit lapsed prior to initiation of the project. The third project area is Lot 1, Block 1 in the Northfork Links 3rd Addition. The Links Proposal consists of exporting approximately 800 yards of material from Block 2 of ltasca Shores to Lot 1,