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TO:Planning Commission Members FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Zoning Administrator DATE: December 12, 1985 SUBJ:#967 John B, A. Idstrom, 2580 Fox Street Preliminary Subdivision - Second Review #968 - Conditional Use Permit for Driveway Crossing Wetlands List of Exhibits - Exhibit A - Application Exhibit B - Plat Map Exhibit C - Property Owners List Exhibit D - Survey As Revised 11/27/85 Exhibit E - Staff Memo of 9-11-85 Exhibit F - Survey With Originally Proposed Driveway Location & Culvert Data Exhibit G - Septic Report (Portions included for clarity) Exhibit H - M.C.W.D. Wetland Crossing & Culvert Approval Exhibit I - Staff Memo of 10/18/85 This item was tabled at your September and October meetings pending receipt of additional information regarding the driveway and culvert, pending resolution of the question of access from the adjacent private road, and pending M.C.W.D. approval of the wetland crossing. These items are now complete. The applicant's engineer has submitted a soils report indicating that suitable areas exist on both lots for shallow trench drainfield systems. He has also provided information regarding the necessary culvert sizing for the area where the proposed driveway will cross the designated wetland in order to access the rear building site. This is not a DNR protected wetland. The Watershed District has given their approval of this crossing and culvert proposal, and City Engineer, Glenn Cook, has recommended that a corridor 32' wide be allowed for the proposed driveway, with conservation and flowage easements taken over all the wetlands on the property. Note that the proposed driveway location creates the least disruption of wetlands necessary to access the back portion of Lot 1. Applicant is requesting approval for the driveway to access onto Fox Street to serve both proposed building sites. Access easements across and in favor of each lot would be required. Note that with the proposed driveway location on an easement over Lot 2, only the area west of the driveway easement is considered in Lhe contiguous dry buildable lot area. The applicant's surveyor has re-designed the lot lines and located the proposed driveway 26' from the wetlands, and with a 20' driveway easement, the revised plan will keep 2.0 contiguous acres of dry builable west of the driveway easement on Lot 2. Also, the revised proposal keeps 2.1 acres of dry buildable west of the easement at the lower end of Lot 1, should the applicant wish to divide off a 3rd lot in the future. Note that with the current division the City will require the dedication of approximately 18.7 feet of right-of-way over the traveled portion of Fox Street. (Fox Street is platted at 66' wide, but the traveled portion actually extends a few feet into the Idstom property. ) This wi 11 reduce the area of the "future" potential lot to 2.0 acres, still meeting the 2-acre requirement.