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CITY COUNCIL MEETING, NOVEMBER 3, 1982 -8- 9. ORCHARD/SINCLAIR PUBLIC HEARING - CONTINUED: --Eder - more than 1 A in an area -that is alreadydeveloped is 'unreasonable. 1 1/2 A is reasonable for new development. Mottaz -if cut out the low 10% of this area and only considered the never built on property would get 1/2 to 3/4A as a median in Lanes Demontreville. --Whittaker - average of the developed lots in Lanes Demontreville is 28 , 600 sq. ft. --Novak - the 60% rule provides for existing lots,in existing developed -areas. --Mottaz - Ordinance was not written to provide for splitting existing lots into non -conforming lots and then apply the 60o Rule. --Dave Spencer - distributed a list of surrounding property owners and lot sizes prepared by Lake Elmo Land Surveyors. This lot is isolated - there are homes east and west of this vacant lot. --Mottaz - keep referring to this as a lot - it is just a part of the total homestead made up of many lots. --Spencer - emphasized that the Orchard homestead was purchased separately and that the proposed lot is a separate contigious parcel. It is not as though the lot did not exist in seperate ownerhip before. It was purchased as an investment. If this parcel (.83A) were owned by someone other than Mrs. Orchard, a home could be built on it. --Novak - this is not the first time the City has enforced the Ordinance in order to make a resident comply with the lot size requirement. A property owner in Tablyn Park was required to purchase additional land in order to meet the 1A minimum. --Eder - does not disagree with the 1A minimum, but disagrees with imposing the 1 1/2 A minimum when 990 of the lots in Lake Elmo are presently non -conforming under the present minimum. --Mottaz - these lots are not non -conforming if they existed before the present Ordinance went into effect. Talking about making two non -conforming lots. If the City agrees that l 1/2A is too large than it is incumbent on the Council to change the regulation, but should not be changing the Ordinance by allowing this kind of division whenever it is requested. Change the whole thing - let everyone have lA or 3/4A. If you have something on the books live with it or change it. --Eder - there ought to be logic for this type of request by establishing a norm for established areas. --Mottaz - if there is any area in the City that might require some type of sewage disposal it will probably be the Lanes Demontreville area. Have been forced in two other situations to allow the situation on the "island" to become more complicated have no desire to continue to do this. Mayor Eder closed the public hearing at 9:50 p.m. --Whittaker - another question,in addition to basic .lot size,is whether or not each of these lots, if subdivided, would have the required two drainfield sites, As this is the key factor in lot size, it is a principal concern. - MQrgan - agrees, should -not subdivide and creates two non -conforming lots. But, also agrees that have to look at the average lot size in the neighborhood.. Even if the subdivision is granted, still have to face all the variances for the building site.