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Eagle Brook Church • page 2 • a. The new lot that has a minimum area of one acre contains the existing habitable home, and b. The balance of the property is ten (10) acres or more, and c. The new lot that has a minimum area of one acre contains one acre of contiguous buildable land, not including road right of way, electrical transmission line easements or pipeline easements, and d. Both the one - acre - minimum lot and lots made from the remaining land must meet all minimum lot requirements and provide for meeting setback and other structure requirements, and e. It can be demonstrated that all unsewered lots can accommodate the proposed principal structure, onsite well if the public water system is not available, and an onsite wastewater treatment system including both a primary and secondary drain field area in accordance with MN Stat. 7080 and other applicable requirements. Section 5, Subd. 1.B.2. states that the minimum lot width in the Rural zoning district is 330 feet "except as provided for in Section 3, Subd. 3.B.2., which shall require a minimum lot width of two hundred (200) feet. The proposed house lot is 200 wide along the road. The house has existed for much longer than 1992. The proposed lot for the existing house is 6.16 gross acres. The remainder of the property is over 80 acres. An easement for the relocated county ditch along the entire southern property line (1060') is 100' wide, totaling 2.4 acres. This leaves approximately 3.7 acres of contiguous upland. There may be a powerline easement along the road frontage that may include less than one half acre. The lot lines provide for all required setbacks. The proposed house lot meets requirements a through d, listed above. A revised preliminary plat received December 3rd shows the locations of the existing septic system drainfield and an area for a secondary drainfield. They are barely within the proposed property lines. MPCA rules (MN Rule 7080) state there must be a 10' setback from property lines. Even though a new system was installed in 1993, we still require a site for a secondary system in the event the first one fails. We also will need information to ensure that the second drainfield can be accommodated on the lot. This requires a soils test by a qualified septic system designer. The existing well also must be located to ensure it is within the property lines and properly separated from the secondary drainfield location. Access: The site plan discussed previously showed the southern driveway for the church 50' from the southern property line of the larger 90 -acre parcel. The preliminary plat shows the house driveway in its current location, running along the southern edge. The proposed church driveway has been moved north, about 200' from the house driveway. It will be 20' from the proposed lot line. The church driveway would be nearly opposite an existing residential driveway on the east side of 20th Ave. This may seem undesirable for that resident. However, it offers several advantages. It eliminates the creation of an additional conflict point along the road: the conflict point already