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Page -4- April 4, 1979 <br />said you would have to take into consideration the lot, basement, well, the total house <br />for $45,000 and divide this by 960 square feet. <br />Mr. Reinert asked what the density factor in the plat is. It was not determined. The lot <br />density was discussed and again Mr. Rehbein said his request fell well within the Metro <br />Council guidelines. <br />Mr. Gourley said he felt that this Board has sort of decided that the City could tie the <br />lot sizes to the sewered district. But can the house size be tied to the lot size. Mr. <br />McLean said that reducing the house size to 960 does not seem to give anyone any problem. <br />Also the 10,000 sq. ft. fot size does not seem to be a problem as long as the frontage is <br />maintained. <br />Mr. McLean suggested that the lot sizes could be reduced to 10,000 sq. ft. with 75' front- <br />age in urban sewer service district I. The 960 sq. ft. will make it consist with the split <br />entry house. Mr. Rehbein asked how soon this could be implemented and Mr. McLean said this <br />could be implemented prior to completing the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. <br />Mr. Gourley said he felt it looks like this Board did not have any problem with a 960 sq. ft. <br />building or the 10,000 sq. ft. lot but tied to the sewered lot. <br />Mr. Rehbein said he still would like to explore a 860 sq. ft. house and explained why. He <br />would like to make this a pilot project to be proud of if the City would only bear with him <br />before Sussel or someone else beats him to the idea. <br />Mr. Reinert asked Mr. Short is there a trend to a smaller aq. ft. home. Mr. Short told <br />of areas that have smaller lot sizes but as far as house sizes are concerned, he has not <br />practical experience. He feels this is a general trend. <br />Mr. Locher referred to Ordinances 2, 56, and 6 in regard to lot sizes. Mr. Gourley said it <br />appears that we started out small, went larger and now plan to go smaller. <br />Again Mr. Rehbein stated that not all the houses in this plat will be the minimum house size. <br />A buyer can have a larger than our present minimum built if he wishes. The lake facing lots <br />will be more expensive and probably have much more expensive homes on them. <br />Mr. Gourley said it is his understanding that there is no way the City can tie the smaller <br />lot sizes to this particular plat without inviting a lot of controversy. Mr. Locher said he <br />would research to see if the City can tie the smaller house size to a particular zone and <br />it seems that there would be no problem with tying the smaller lot size to the sewered areas. <br />Mr. Rehbein asked if he could have no more than 15% of this plat in the 864 sq. ft. size <br />homes. Mr. McLean asked how could this be controlled. Mr. Rehbein said the Building In- <br />spector could by issuing the building permits. <br />Mr. Zelinka said he feels that our present requirements are more discriminatory than what <br />Mr. Rehbein is proposing. We are di -criminating against the poor or older citizen. He felt <br />that if we do not allow Mr. Rehbein to build here he will build in another community. He <br />would rather see him do his first building here because it will be a show place. <br />Mr. Reinert said he did not feel they should get into personalities. <br />A gentlemen from the audience asked if anyone has checked with the residents in the area <br />about lowering the house and lot size standard. Some area residents would be very upset <br />and disagreed that the younger people and older people cannot afford our present standards. <br />It does not seem to be true in this area. <br />Mr. Gourley explained that at this point the Board is just gathering facts not holding a <br />