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c <br />REQt EST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: January 9. 2003 <br />ll«tn No.; **7 <br />DtfMflmrat Approval: <br />Nanr: Michael P. GafTron <br />THk: Plaiuung Direcior <br />AdmiBiftrator Approval:Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />llcm DcscriplhNi: Sewer Extension Request • 645 Old Long Lake Road <br />Lbl ofExhibito <br />A - Location Map <br />B - MUSA Map and Possible MUSA Amendment <br />C • Demolition Permit Issued February 2001 <br />D - Septic Inspector Correspondence with Mr. Jacques <br />In 2000 Alistair Jacques purchased the residence at 645 Old Long Lake Road for uproximalcly <br />S250.000. This was an existing residence on a substandard 1 -acre lot in the RR-1B 2-acre /one The <br />rcsidenee was served by a nonconforming septic system which would have required replacement by <br />2010. <br />In February 2001 Mr. Jacques and his contractor. John Thomas Homes, applied for and were issued <br />a permit to demolish the existing residence. It was subsequently demolished. <br />In March 2001 Mr. Jacques discussed his plans for construction of a new residence on the property <br />with City stafT. He was advised of the need for a lot area variance, and of the required 2-acre zoning <br />standards. He subsequently filed a variance application for lot area and side setback variances for <br />a proposed 5-bcdroom home. His application was immediately dcvmed incomplete because it lacked <br />septic s>’stem design intormaiiun <br />After hiring a septic site cvaluator/designcr. applicant learned that the site would not support a septic <br />system to serve the size house he intended and in fact would only support a primary standard system <br />for a 3-bedroom house, with the alternate site requiring a non-standard s>-stem t\pc. His request for <br />septic system approval for the new residence was rejected by the On-Site Septic Manager based on <br />the inadequacy of the site to support standard primary and alternate svstems for the proposed bouse. <br />The variance application has never proceeded. <br />Mr. Jacques has requested that the City offer solutions to his dilemma. Stafl ’ has reviewed the <br />possible options for septic system use, including the idea of allow ing a 3-bcdroom house w ith a <br />standard system and allow ing the alternate svstem to be ‘non-standard*. The risks to the City arc that