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• • • Dairy Queen April 12, 2000 page 3 • Plat Issues This site is part of a preliminary plat that was approved by the City in December 1997. No final plat was approved. It is not clear how or why the Amoco convenience store was approved without a final plat. At any rate, is best to clean up this situation by requiring that a final plat be approved as a condition of approval for the Dairy Queen site plan and CUP. The proposed final plat is attached. On the submitted final plat, Block 2 includes two lots where the preliminary plat had only one larger lot. Staff does not view this as a problem at this time because the remainder of the site is to be platted as a large outlot. In the future, if the landowner wants to create more lots overall than were approved by the preliminary plat, we will require a new preliminary plat. However, since we do not know how many lots will ultimately be created, staff is comfortable with the number of lots on the submitted final plat. We are not technically reviewing a final plat application. However, because the final plat will be a condition of approval for the Dairy Queen, it is appropriate to discuss the preliminary plat conditions. Failure to meet the conditions of approval of the preliminary plat will delay approval of the final plat, which will delay the Dairy Queen project. Conditions of Approval for Preliminary Plat, 1997: 1. Consideration is given to expanding the width of Lot 2 Block 1 in a manner such that it is consistent with other lot widths within the subdivision. This was not a strict requirement, rather a suggestion. Lot 2 meets the minimum lot width at the setback line. 2. The right -of -way width of Northern Lights Blvd. is expanded from 60 feet to 80 feet in accordance with City Subdivision standards for commercial /industrial streets. This condition was eliminated by the City Council. Sixty feet was deemed acceptable based on the recommendation of the City Engineer at the time. 3. A wetland mitigation plan is submitted and approved by the City Engineer. The Rice Creek Watershed District has permitting authority over wetland impacts. A wetland plan was approved by the RCWD in 1997 and amended in 1998. However, RCWD has sent numerous letters to the landowner regarding lack of compliance with the permit conditions. An October letter to the landowner states: "Your permit on this site is a rough graded and wetland alteration plan only. You must obtain a final site grading permit before any additional impervious surfaces or buildings are installed." A February 2000 letter states that the RCWD will be drawing from the landowner's