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R-76-20 WHEREAS, said Owners have requested such variances on the grounds that they are creating large lots which meet the agri- cultural use district standards proposed by the City's newly revised comprehensive plan (even though said large size lots would not yet be required by the present City subdivision ordinance) and that a private road is adequate to serve such rural size lots provided the City has all necessary right of passage thereon for any public purpose; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo has con- sidered the Owners' application for these variances and the recommendation of its consultant planner and the City Planning Commission relating thereto and has determined as follows: (a) That the variances requested by the applicant - namely, approval of the subdivision of said land in two five (5) acre lots and variance from the requirement of frontage on a public street is appropriate and in keeping with the City's compre- hensive plan as indicated by the planner's report dated May 6, 1976, on the grounds that the five (5) acre lots, while presently not required by the sub- division ordinance,are in keeping with the newly re- vised comprehensive plan of the City and highly desirable. In order to encourage this large lot platting and encourage the applicants to preserve the large agricultural tracts now owned by applicants Joseph F. Moris, Jr. and Charlotte Rose Marie Moris, the temporary use of private easement for ingress and egress into said five acre lots is appropriate and in the public interest, subject to the conditions hereinafter referred to. (b) That the granting of the variances sought by appli- cant must be conditioned upon all of the said owners granting each other mutual easements for roadway purposes, to provide a means of ingress and egress to their property and, further, granting to the City an easement to use said private easement for fire and other emergency vehicles, installation and -3-