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City Council Meeting Bachman Minor Subdivision & Variance August 26, 2002 • wetlands and/or drainage easements only in the far southeast corner of the proposed 18- acre parcel. Septic Issues Soils tests confirm that the proposed 11 -acre parcel is capable of accommodating a septic system. In addition, there is adequate room for both primary and secondary sites. The 18- acre parcel already contains a septic system, with adequate room for a secondary site. Access Issues The existing 29 -acre parcel contains an access drive onto Ash Street. A second access drive will be required for the proposed 11 -acre parcel. As Ash Street is a County road, plans have been forwarded to the Anoka County Highway Department for review and approval. Future Implications It should be noted, that while the property is Rural now, development is likely at some point in time once utilities become available — post 2010, since this is a Stage 2 Growth Area. In terms of long range planning, ensuring that lot dimension requirements are maintained now will help ensure the orderly facilitation of that probable future development. For example, the area north of the proposed home site is likely to be subdivided at some future time. At such a time, room for road access then becomes a vital issue. In this case, siting a home in the middle of a lot having only 221 feet of width/road frontage may preclude the possibility of servicing the area north of the proposed home with future road access (a home and attached garage measuring 50 feet, sited in the middle of a 221 -foot lot, does not leave enough room on either side for 66 feet of road width and setbacks...). Future road access across the second proposed lot (Parcel B) may also be problematic, as there appears to be only approximately 50 -60 feet between the existing home and the edge of a pond/wetland area at the southeastern corner of the property. Maintaining the required minimum lot width of 330 feet would preclude such future problems. Section 3, subdiv. 3.A.2.b.5 of the Lino Lakes Zoning Ordinance addresses such issues when it states: "All subdivisions in areas without public sanitary sewer shall be designed such that the larger non -sewer lots can be resubdivided to provide smaller sewered lots when sewer becomes available in the future. Homes and accessory buildings shall be located on these lots so as to allow for future resubdivisions." Additionally, utility availability is often financially feasible only when shared among a group of property owners. Thus, limiting future development possibilities in ways such