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Minutes for the Planning Commission December 16, 1998 - Page 2 Rezoning (Interstate Lumber Comnanv) Interstate Lumber Company, 113 South Main Street, Stillwater, MN, requested to rezone their property at 5517 145th St. N, from agricultural to industrial. On December 14, 1998, the City received written notification from Interstate Lumber they were withdrawing their request. Minor Subdivision (Vincent & Julie Lutz Vincent M. and Julie A. Lutz, 6022 Egg Lake Rd., applied to subdivide 29.06 acres located at 15118 Irish Ave. into three parcels. Two of the parcels would be 10 acres in size, and one would be 9.06 acres in size. The property is currently owned by the Duraine family, who provided the City their signatures. The property has 800 feet of frontage on Irish Avenue, and all three lots proposed required a variance to the 300' minimum road frontage requirement of the City. Lot A, which contains the existing house, would have a road frontage of 246.4'. Lots B and C would each have frontages of 276.8'. Rubenzer read the public notice and Schumann opened the meeting for public comment, but there was none. Kellison felt the property could be subdivided into two lots, which would conform to City code requirements, since he could see no real hardship relating to the variance request. The Lutzs, who intend to live in the existing home and sell only one of the newly created lots, expressed an emotional tie to the property, which had been farmed by the Lutz family for the past 30 years. Mr. Lutz felt if he was not able to subdivide in this manner, as the asking price for the lot he intends to sell would be too high, and this would leave him in a financial bind. Schumann stated there was no opposition to the subdivision by the neighbors, and the fourth-generation farming on the land leads to an overriding sense of community. Kellison reiterated the fact that this does not meet state law requirements far as variances are concerned. Peltier made motion, Rubenzer seconded, to recommend approval of the subdivision with the following conditions: 1. Approval of the Rice Creek Watershed District. 2. Identification of minimum first floor elevations in accordance with the City's floodplain ordinance. 3. Permit from Washington County Department of Health for the septic systems to be located on parcels Aand B. 4. A letter from an attorney identifying the owners of the property or other proof of ownership acceptable to the City Attorney. 5. Payment of the parkland dedication fee for two lots totaling $2,700.00. Aye: Peltier, Rubenzer, Schumann, Puleo Nay: Kellison Motion carried. Minor Subdivision (Greg Kramer Greg Kramer, 13700 Keystone Ave. N, applied to subdivide a 19.78 acre tract of land located on Keystone Ave. N. into two lots of 9.89 acres each. The property lies within the Brown's Creek Watershed District. Other than not meeting the total acreage requirements, the parcels met the minimum lot dimension requirements in the City's agricultural district.