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Ben Young, 3105 Sixth Avenue North <br />James Grabek, 3050 Jamestown Road <br />April 19, 1991 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />1. Grabek acquires an easement of approximately 10'-12' <br />wide and 80'-100' long, the north line of such easement <br />coinciding with the old fence line (see Diagram 1). This <br />would involve a surveyor describing the easement and an <br />attorney drawing up a fairly simple easement document for <br />City approval. Young would retain ownership of the easement <br />area. The easement would be for "drainage and septic <br />system" purposes. Such an easement between property owners <br />would leave Young as owner of the easement area. Zoning <br />Administrator Jeanne Mabusth confirms that the area of the <br />easement would still count towards Young's dry buildable <br />area for zoning purposes. <br />2. The property owners could do a lot line rearrangement <br />subdivision which would cover exactly the same strip of <br />ground as would the easement, except that Grabek would <br />acquire the strip of land and his lot area would increase <br />slightly while Young's lot area would decrease slightly. <br />3. A third option is a lot line rearrangement subdivision <br />by trading equal areas. In this case, per the attached <br />diagram, property owners would trade equal sized parcels,^ so <br />that each lot would gain acreage in one location while <br />losing an equal amount in another location. The diagram <br />indicates one of many possible equal trade lot line <br />rearrangements, but it is noted that Grabek should not trade <br />away area next to his alternate site, so that the <br />availability of that site for future use is not diminished. <br />Based on the Orono subdivision code, any one cf these three <br />options, including the easement, is considered a Class I <br />subdivision that requires City approval. The subdivision <br />application fee is $250.00 plus a $75.00 filing fee collected at <br />the end of the process. The property owners' cost of survey work <br />to create the easement might be slightly less than those costs <br />for the subdivision. With either a subdivision or an easement, <br />the application would go to the Planning Commission for a <br />recommendation and directly to Council for final approval. I see <br />no reason why the City would disapprove any of the three options <br />noted . <br />mk