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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 9-18-84 PAGE 4 2. General Review The City Engineer reviewed with the Council seven Old Village and four Tri-Lakes sewer system locations which require improvements off -site, since soil tests indicate no suitable on -site locations. He plans to meet with these residents and owners of affected land the week of September 24th to discuss the improvements and necessary land acquisition. Bohrer said plans will be submitted to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Environmental Protection Agency, which are funding 94% of the project design and construction, two weeks ].ate. Also, he said the project construction phase will be extended over a five -month period through November, 1985, a month later than originally scheduled. E. Other The Engineer advised the Council of a problem that has occured in the Lanes DeMontreville Country Club Addition. A Stephen Grabski who owned Lots 610 thru 620 and Lots 519 thru 527 (and who is included in the 201 Program) has sold Lots 612 thru 615 and 524 thru 527, along with the existing house to a James Marcio. Mr. Grabski sold Lots 610 and 611 to a Mr. Wackerfuss and retained Lots 616 thru 620 and 519 thru 523 for himself. The Engineer further advised the Council that what Mr. Grabski did was in violation of the City Code (Section 301.090B) which states: Contiguous Parcels: If in a group of two or more contiguous lots or parcels of land owned or controlled by the same person, any individual C lot or parcel does not meet the full width or area requirements of this Ordinance, such individual lot or parcel cannot be considered as a separate parcel of land for purposes of sale or development, but must be combined with adjacent lots or parcels under the same ownership so that the combination of lots or parcels will equal one or more parcels of land each meeting the full lot width and area requiements of this Ordinance; and City Code (Section 301.090F) which states: No yard or lot shall be reduced in area or dimension so as to make it less than the minimum required by this Ordinance, and if the existingyard or lot is less than the minimum required, it shall not be further reduced. No required yard or lot currently used for a builing or dwelling group shall be used to satisfy minimum lot area requirements for any other building. What Mr. Grabski essentially did was to make three non -conforming lots out of one non -conforming lot; and also sold the only acceptable site for a drainfield (Lots 610 and 611) that had been planned for Lots 612 thru 615 and Lots 524 thru 527 where a house now exists and is to be included in the 201 Program. The Council expressed concern over this problem and took the following action., M/S/P Eder/Dunn - To instruct the City Administrator and City Attorney to pursue what appears to be a conflict with the City Code regarding the lot splits in Lanes DeMontreville on the property owned by Steven Grabski. (Motion carried 4-0).