06-21-2022 Planning Commission Packet

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To whom it may concern, We are Brian and Amy Swanson. We moved to 4025 Watertown Road in January 2021 with our four kids. We are inquiring about subdividing our property to create a separate buildable lot. Our property is 13+acres and we are proposing to subdivide the front acreage. There is a creek that would serve as a natural divider of the two proposed lots. We understand that our property does not meet all of the criteria listed according to Orono planning code, however, we are asking that you consider our property and its ability to support two lots. After our meeting with the planning committee, we were told of three requirements that our property does not meet. 1. Code requires 300 feet of property along the road. Our property has 270 feet of road front, which we cannot change. 2. Because of the layout of the property, we would be asking for an easement on the driveway 3. Code requires a minimum of 5 acres for subdividing a buildable lot. We are proposing approximately 4.1 acres, but after the easement on the driveway there would be approximately 3.65 acres remaining. (The driveway would be expanded to 30 feet wide for approximately 675 feet) • **We have scheduled to have a septic company come to our property and determine two suitable septic locations that fall within our proposed lot lines, but the two times they have come out, the weather did not allow for them to do their work. We were encouraged to submit a rough proposal of the property explaining some of its nuances and noting that before we obtain official documents and reports (ie. survey, wetland delineation, Minnehaha Creek Watershed district approval..etc) we would first propose our plan to you to determine if you will be willing to work with us before being too financially invested in the process. Thanks for your time. We look forward to meeting with you soon! Brian and Amy Swanson •