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Planning Commission Minutes — July 26, 2007 <br />Page 2 <br />driveway. Where the driveway was now, a farm road had existed for years. <br />Schumann questioned how they could have created the lot in 1976 because he believed there <br />were state statutes in place at the time that prohibited creation of land locked parcels. <br />McRoberts asked about combining the two northern parcels into one parcel and talked about <br />reconfiguring the northwest lot to make it 10 acres. He questioned whether another parcel was <br />being created by changing the property lines. <br />Wolkerstorfer said the parcel to the north had been perked and is a buildable site. If the property <br />line was moved, the driveway would end up being shared or would require a new one to be put <br />through the wetland. To move the west line would prevent the north parcel from having access to <br />the pond. <br />Bear explained they would be eliminating two land locked parcels. There are many land locked <br />parcels in the agricultural districts, and the applicant was trying to straighten out the property <br />lines to create buildable sites. <br />Schumann said the pertinent factor was that access would be provided to the land locked parcel. <br />Weidt and Moore talked about moving the proposed property line on the south parcel to provide <br />more road frontage and make it a legal lot. <br />Bailly asked about the driveway maintenance and the legalities about the property owner living <br />closest to the road. <br />Wolkerstorfer explained the attorney was drawing up legal documents regarding the driveway <br />which would be part of the deed. He said the lots were very wooded, and the driveway was far <br />from the house. <br />McRoberts asked about the creation of the drainage and utility easement on the south. <br />Wolkerstorfer said he did it to protect the wetlands. It is not a DNR easement. <br />Moore suggested putting two driveways to the north of the south properties, one along the side of <br />the other. <br />Wolkerstorfer explained that the driveway would be on the side of a ridge. <br />Schumann said he could understand the north parcel and the desire to have access to the lake but <br />thought the land locked parcel should have access to Jeffery Avenue to alleviate potential <br />problems in the future. <br />Rosenquist pointed out there was nothing to gain by it because it was all swamp. <br />Schumann said from a practicality issue, the County preferred shared driveways for safety <br />reasons, and having less than 300 feet road frontage was less of an issue. Having a land locked <br />