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• Planning & Zoning Board September 11, 2002 Page 7 "Habitable single family homes constructed prior to July 13, 1992 may reduce their lot size to a minimum of one acre if the balance of the property results in a parcel of ten acres, or is serviced by public sewer, and it can be demonstrated by means satisfactory to the City that the division will not result in ground water, soil or other contamination which may endanger the public health." Staff noted the Lindahls propose to live on the one -acre parcel containing the residence and outbuildings, and sell the remaining ten -acre parcel to their son. Staff stated tit should be noted that the existing 11 -acre parcel was created in 1997 as part of a minor subdivision of 58.76 acres. Minutes om the meetings of both the Planning & Zoning Board and the City Council note er subdivision of the 11- acre parcel, such as is now being proposed, was c that time. Minutes note that the applicant "had been advised that splittin ne cre. Elie homestead to provide an additional building site would probably n en ase." Staff presented its analysis by noting the Certi division of the 11 -acre parcel. Tract B, one outbuildings, of which .89 acres are upl the property, of which four acres are up shows the proposed indahl home and contains the balance of Staff indicated the minimum lot si ; oro 6 =" al zone is ten acres. The proposed newly created lot woul this - -s ' nt, with the balance of the property consisting of the one -acre par . llowed °,3 ection 3, subd.3.A.2.b.2. Staff noted the mi defined as "the building setb Subdivisio their full fro erty in a Rural zone is 330 feet. Lot width is e side lot line of a lot measured at the the front lot line." Additionally, the Lino Lakes .08, subdiv. 6, requires that "all lots shall abut for icated street." Staff stated Tract B as a result, the applican width, then, Tract B also do road. es not meet the minimum lot width requirement, and, g for a Variance. With less than the required 330' of lot not fulfill the requirement of having full frontage on a Staff noted Tract A is an irregularly shaped ( "C- shaped ") lot that does not meet the minimum lot width requirement in terms of contiguous road width and road frontage. Rather, the lot wraps around the one acre parcel, with 269 feet to the west of the one acre parcel and 188 feet to the east of the one acre parcel. Thus, although the proposed lot has 330' of width on a road, it is not contiguous width. Staff indicated Lino Lakes City Ordinance Section 3, subd. 3.B.1.b requires parcels requiring a minimum of 10 acres or more to have a minimum of 20% upland area. Both parcels meet this requirement: the 10 -acre parcel has four acres of upland, although this upland exists as "islands" among wetland area, and the one acre parcel is almost entirely composed of upland.