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• <br /> What Respondents neglect to consider the application of Orono Ordinance 172. See <br /> • Appendix at 1. This Ordinance, adopted by Orono in 1975, precludes them from developing <br /> six individual lots because each lot is less than five-acre minimum size requirement. Even <br /> though the lots have been recorded prior to enactment of the Ordinance, they do not fall within <br /> • <br /> the "existing lots of record" exception. That ordinance reads, in pertinent part: <br /> Subd. 6. Lot of Record. A lot of record is any lot for <br /> which a deed or registered land survey has been recorded in the <br /> • office of the Register of Deeds or the Registrar of Titles for <br /> Hennepin County, Minnesota, prior to January 1, 1975, and after <br /> approval by the Council if required. <br /> A. Existing Lots. A lot of record existing upon <br /> January 1, 1975 in an "R" District, which does <br /> not meet the requirements of the Zoning <br /> Chapter as to area or width may be utilized for <br /> a single family detached dwelling purpose <br /> provided that in the judgment of the Council <br /> f such use does not adversely affect public health <br /> or safety and the following requirements are <br /> met: <br /> 3. In "R" Districts Not Served by Public <br /> Sanitary Sewer. A lot of record in any "R" <br /> District in the City not served by public <br /> sanitary sewer must meet the area and width <br /> requirements of the Zoning Chapter and shall <br /> not be utilized for single family detached <br /> dwelling purposes without Council approval. <br /> (Emphasis supplied). <br /> Moreover, since Respondents used their property as a whole for farming and residential <br /> 0 <br /> purposes and did not change the physical features of the land to further subdivide the tract, <br /> mere division of the property into lots by the imaginary lines of the plat does not alter the <br />• <br />• 5 <br />