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Mr. Locher stated that the minimum house size in the new ordinance was 800 sq. ft. Mr. L'Allier commented that all the Council members had voted for this ordinance, Mrs. Gould noted that 800 sq, ft, could hardly be for a 3-bedroom house. Mrs. Swanson questioned Glenn's intentions on the $40- 50,000 homes; he stated that this would be the next 30 acre plat, but.some would be built in this 40 acres. Glenn stated that the cheapest home in this plat would be $25,000 and the minimum size would be 3 bedrooms. Mrs. Swanson wished to know what size lot went with the higher priced homes; Glenn stated that most of the lots had 100 foot frontage with sewer and water, but that some lots are 130 foot frontage. The narrowest cul-de -sac lots are 85' in width at the front edge, but at least 100' at the 30 -foot setback lin. Mrs. Swanson asked about the distances required between two.houses and was told that the ordinance stated that the sideyard requirement from a house was 10 feet, but that.the garage setback was only 5 feet. W. Locher noted that this allowed for two garages 10 feet apart. Mrs. Gould thought that the minimum lot size required was 100' by 150' since her originel.lot in Twilight acres had been 75 feet.and she had to increase it to 100 feet in width. Mr. Locher stated that Ord. No. 6 passed in 1955 stated that the lot size minimum was 11,250 square feet. W. Gotwald noted that in the new code, if no utilities are available, 1 -acre lots are allowed, but the size is reduced when utilities are available since the costs of the improvements are so high; this is the usual tendency of municipalities to reduce the width of lots as the.utilities come sine there is no longer any worry about pollution from septic tanks. He thought most village have a 10,000 square feet minimum, others have 12,000. Mr. Cardinal moved to approve the preliminary plat of Shenandoah providing that Mr. Rehbein complies with the previously stated stipulations except for the widening of Birch Street, subject to a search of the records, and that the County approve the changes in the county ditch and the Engineer approves the change in the local ditch, also indicating that there would be a temporary oul-de -sac until.the adjacent plat comes in. Seconded by Mr. Rosengren. Motion carried unanimously. The hearing closed at 9:04 P.M. Glenn questioned the matter of natural gas again, stating that the letter from North Central is indefinite and leaves open ends, since it states "if feasible" Mr. Cardinal stated that he had talked to Mr. Collins of North Central the other day, who stated that they will provide tanks now and next summer will hook the plat up to the natural gas. Mr. L'Allier felt that Glenn should write North Central a statement of his intentions. Clyde Rehbein stated that Mr. Harrison of North Central had bawled him out for bringing the matter be- fore the Council and had promised a letter, but all they got was the Collins letter. W. L'Allier felt the problem was that the ordinance requires them to serve an area if it is feasible; he thought that if homes were built and North Central refused to serve them, then we could require them to under the ordinance. Clyde thought it was feasible to hook up since the gas is in Were Road. Glenn stated that he only needed a guarantee now that they would pro- vide gas along Were Road so that he can get loans for the houses to be built; the loan companies won't go for bottled gas. The Clerk was instructed to call North Central and tell them that we would like some indication that it was feasible to provide natural gas service to the Shenandoah plat in 197$ because the lines run'along the abutting streets, and that they would acknow- ledge that the construction of the service lines would be done during the next construction period, which begins. in the spring of 1972. Copies should be sent to both Glenn and Clyde Rehbein. Council members would also receive copies of the letter.