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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 2, 1985 PAGE 4 l Mr. Ryan has a purchasers agreement with Mr. Whitman to sell him 2.54 acres. This would meet the 10 acre requirement Mr. Ryan needs to raise horses. The problem comes in with the City not having a mechanism to divide off 2.5 acres and add it to this property. There is no provision for a minor subdivision. A large lot subdivision is where the applicant proposes to subdivide a described tract of land into lots or parcels of five acres or more each with 300 feet or more of road frontage. It should be noted that to conform to the city code, Mr. Whitman is required to have 300 feet of road frontage. Although he does not have this now, if the parcel that he sells to Mr. Ryan includes any of the road frontage, Mr. Whitman will be less conforming than he is now. Dunn asked Mr. Ryan if he wanted 7.5 acres or 10 acres. Mr. Ryan answered that the 2.5 acres would cost him $11,000. If he had to and it could be done easily without paying the platting expense because he is purchasing the other property. Since the existing house is set quite a ways back, Mr. Ryan would like to put the barn between the road and house which would need a variance and also the size. In a residential zone, the size of an accessory structure is 1,000 square feet, but Mr. Ryan would like a 2,000 square foot accessory structure. M/S/P Christ/Dunn - To grant variances to Ed ryan on the porperty legally described as Lot D of RLS 54 to allow up to three horses on 7.5 acres of land; to allow the accessory structure to be placed in front of the primary structure, and to allow the accessory structure to not exceed. 2000 square feet. (Motion carried 4-1 <Mazzara>) C. Hecla Inc. - Site Plan presentation. Del Sands, Hecla, made the site plan presentation. All the plans have been approved by the State of Minnesota in terms of the types of licenses they need to operate the facility. The City Engineer pointed out, regarding the number of parking spaces planned for this home, that under the General Business Zone one parking space is required for each 200 square feet of gross floor area. This proposed building has 3,000 square feet of area. The question is does that mean that fifteen spaces should be provided now or would it be sufficient that there is room available to construct fifteen. It was clarified that it is more important that the parking space be available. The City Engineer further reported that the septic system is adequate, there is room for an alternate drainfield, setbacks are met, and public water is available. M/S/P Dunn/Mazzara - to approve the site plan for the boarding care home. (Motion carried 5-0). D. Shoreland Permit - Citadel Homes/Roger Colombo at Lot 9, Block 1 Eden Park 2nd Addition.