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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 8, 1990 PAGE 3 Mr. Schwarz responded he had talked to the septic installer. According to his input, Schwarz provided a drawing showing the existing water line 10' from the septic system. Schwarz gave as the hardship for his variance the cutting down of a large tree and the narrow size of his lot. Also Bohrer indicated Mr. Schwarz mentioned a possible addition to the house. Bohrer stated adding bedrooms, etc. would not be looked upon favorably because of the limit of the size of yard left for drainfield. (Drainfields are sized according to the number of bedrooms). Schwarz responded, he would rather have a garage than an addition to the house. Acting Mayor Williams closed the public hearing at 7:43 p.m. M/S/P Armstrong/Graves - to approve a shorela.nd permit and two variance requests: (1) a 20' setback from the street to the garage where 50' is required and (2) a side yard setback of 5' where 10' is required, by David Schwarz, 10961 32nd Street North, for construction of a 23' x 32' garage based on the hardship being the narrow lot, removal of a large tree, the area for the drainfield will not be affected by this application, the garage size and location is consistent with character of neighborhood, and a letter received from neighbor in favor of the request. (Motion carried 4-0). B. Residential Estates Zoning Ordinance The Council received a draft copy of the Residential Estates Zoning Ordinance (Section 301.070D.). Councilman Williams referred to C(1) Lot Size and commented there is nothing stated, that prevents a large portion of the 2 1/2 acres from being in a lake. He felt it should explicity state that 2. 1/2 acres should be free of any easements or flood plain. His intent is the lot has to be above the lake, but could have some seasonal water on the lot as long as you have 1 acre or 1 1/4 acres of land free of any water. The Council. discussed this concern. There was Council consensus on (4) Areas of Building Site: A minimum of 1.25 acre of land above the flood plain and free of any drainage easements. Discussion followed on (9) Septic Drainfield Regulation. Councilman Williams provided a draft which would allow the splitting of the 20,000 sq.f.t. based on the reasoning the County's ordinance is minimum 10,000 sq.ft. Therefore, if Lake Elmo allows the 20,000 sq.f.t. to be split up into a maximum of two parcels, neither of which can be less than 10,000 sq.f.t., this should be adequate, but as a requirement each of those areas has to be contiguous to the building site or part of it. There was Council consensus on (9) Septic Drainfield Regulation: (a) All newly subdivided lots shall have a minimum of 20,000 sq.f.t. of land to be dedicated for septic system use and suitable for that use. This land may comprise up to two separate areas each of which is