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MINUTES OP THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 19, 1984 PAGE 6 #874 DUANE BARTH & MRS. JOHNSTONE . . , . The total acreage of this area divided by the no. of houses yields an average lot size is 0.48 acres. In past applications the precedent for this type of application has been set. Would this application be a precedent for smaller lots? Sime questioned whether the Planning Commission could approve this aplication because of the following facts: the lot was there first and it was approved, it has been in single ownership, they have done nothing to alter what was a buildable lot and it would seem that they are grandfathered in. Don Peterson stated that there are 7 - 60' lots to the north and of the 7 the Johnstone lots are the largest. The Johnstone lots meet the hardcover standards where some of the other lots don't. I think this proposal fits in well with the neighbor hood . Dave Kiss asked if a variance would be needed to put a house on Lot 21. Simo stated that this is the whole point. These are two individual lots, always have been. This is how the tax assessor has treated it. Goetten's concerns were that 10 to 15 lots within the zoning district could come in and ask for a buiIding permit. Rovegno asked if both lots had been homesteaded. It was clatified that only the lot with the house had been. He then asked if it is possible to get a tax refund based on the fact that the lots have been treated as one lot. Sime clarified that a person can file for a refund for three years prior. Gaffron stated that the difference being these are legally combined lots for tax purposes and it becomes a subdivision through our ordinances vs two separate lots - no subdivision is needed to sell the property. Sime moved, Rovegno seconded, to recommend approval of Lot 21 as a separate building site based upon the following findings: i