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The property owner seeks to subdivide the existing lot located at 2474 Carman Street, <br />Orono, Minnesota. The current property is divided by a lagoon, known as Lehman Lagoon <br />(Outlot A), which was dedicated and conveyed to the City of Orono in fee simple in August, <br />1977. (Certificate of Title No. 657162). The city property effectively splits the property into <br />two parcels in which the southern parcel (where the owner resides) is completely separate <br />and distinct from the northern part of the parcel. Allowing for the subdivision would allow <br />for development on the northern parcel, such as another residence. The northern parcel <br />faces County Road 15. Although the northern parcel of 51,210 square feet has some wet <br />land (9,598 square feet, minus 400 square feet that has been reclaimed for a total of 9,198 <br />square feet), the total amount of dry land is at least 32,048 square feet. <br />Because the parcels are separate and distinct from the residential southern parcel <br />because of the lagoon, the northern parcel serves no purpose to the present owner and <br />serves no logical use for the current property owner. Moreover, subdividing the property <br />would not be contrary to the City’s Comprehensive Plan. <br />The surrounding single family properties have substantially less square footage than <br />the proposed subdivision. Likewise, other parcels of similar sizes have either a commercial <br />venture or multiple housing units. Granting the subdivision should not jeopardize the <br />existing comprehensive plan or general land use plan, nor the intent of the plans as the <br />request is consistent with projected 2030 land uses and densities for individual <br />neighborhoods, specifically between Carman Street and County Road 15. See e.g., 2030 <br />Future Land Use Categories (Low Density Residential-0.5-2 units per acre.). Since the <br />northern parcel is 51,210 square feet in total, it is over the anticipated acre sized lot (43,560 <br />square feet) for the 0.5 to 2 units per acre it fits squarely within the low density residential <br />land use category for this area the City seeks to maintain by 2030.