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4300 Watertown <br /> December 2, 1999 <br /> Page 2 <br /> b)the sites available to serve Lot 1 are mostly in Lot 2;and c)the septic sites serving Lots 1 and 3 leave <br /> no septic sites and no building site for Lot 2. <br /> SP Testing's logical conclusion is that there are enough suitable septic sites remaining to serve only 2 <br /> of the three original lots,and that a lot line rearrangement to give a portion of Lot 2 to each of Lots 1 and <br /> 3 would result in two lots each having the required 2 septic sites plus a building site meeting setbacks. <br /> SP Testing's report does not and cannot determine whether additional septic sites were possible in the <br /> area taken for road right-of-way,or in the area Johnson chose to create berms. SP Testing's report does <br /> confirm that where there were 3 platted,untested lots, it is now possible to have only two lots meeting <br /> the current sewage system standards and meeting the zoning standards under which the lots were <br /> originally platted. <br /> A review of the topographic map is inconclusive as to whether septic sites might have been found in the <br /> areas taken for roadway or by Johnson's berm construction. It is impossible to know whether each of <br /> the original three lots had 2 viable septic sites and a building site within their platted boundaries. <br /> The following are approximate relative areas showing the impacts of the taking and of Johnson's berm <br /> construction: <br /> > • <br /> Lot Area <br /> -P stir <br /> ate`a.y'b 3 `$ ' Remaining tsable Suggested <br /> Lot area � Lot Areca -Area Lot Line ; <br /> p <br /> �d ,tea � ter re-Taking Post Taking s; Post Bergin ; . ear�rangeme <br /> Lot 1 2.1 ac 1.1 ac 0.7 ac 1.75 ac <br /> Lot 2 1.7 ac 0.8 ac 0.4 ac -0- <br /> Lot 3 1.9 ac 1.6 ac 1.3 ac 1.75 ac <br /> • <br /> Totals 5.7 ac 3.5 ac 2.4 ac 3.5 ac <br /> Relative Value Observations <br /> I am neither an appraiser nor a realtor,but I am an observer of lot value trends in Orono. At the moment, <br /> open 5-acre lots in a new subdivision in the RR-1A zone are selling for$140-150,000 each. These lots <br /> are about 3/4 mile directly east of Johnson's site,they are relatively more distant from(and therefore less <br /> impacted by)major roadways than Johnson's site,they are accessed by a new private road,and they have <br />