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Access The existing 5.07 acre lot is served by a private driveway that serves two other lots. When the Spruce Acres Sut division was approved in 1979 an outlot was created for the purposes of serving as a driveway for the three lots. The driveway was not built until the applicant's house was constructed in 1988. Prior to the construction of the house, access for Lot 1, Spruce Acres was by a private driveway with access directly to North Willow Drive. Lot 2 had a temporary easement across Lot 1 for the purposes of access. Resolution #1065 (September 11, 1979) approved the Spruce Acres Subdivision. A condition of the resolution was the private drive in Outlot A was not required to be developed until a building permit was issued for Lot 3. A copy of the Spruce Acres Plat is attached as "Exhibit G". The proposed plat shows the new Lot 1 gaining access to a private drive that was approved to serve only 3 lots. The Gronberg Subdivision would create a fourth lot being served by the private driveway. In December, 1993 the City Council amended the Subdivision Code to state "no more than two residences may be served by a driveway located within an access outlot". Flag lots and easement back lots as defined in the Subdivision Code can not be created. Orono Municipal Code Section 11.31, Subdivision 5 states "Front/back lot divisions shall be allowed only in conjunction with the creation of an outlot to provide access from the back lot to the public or private road. Such outlot shall not be allowed as creditable lot area for either the back or front lots". Under the existing Code this lot arrangement would not be allowed because it does create a "flag lot" (Lot 1). If an access outlot is created to serve the back lot, the required lot area would be decreased by approximately 12,500 s.f (.28 acres = 50’ by 250 ’ access outlot). The Code also would not allow the new access outlot to be created. Subdivision 27 (C)(5) states "no access outlot may be platted abutting an adjacent access outlot except when the intent is to combine the two access outlots for creation of a public or private r> ad meeting City standards". Private streets serving 3 to 6 units require a platted right-of-way width of 50’, and a minimum pavement width of 24 ’. A cul-de-sac should be constructed at the end of the new street to provide room for emergency vehicle turnaround. Providing a cul-de-sac at the western edge of Lot 2, and opening the entire private street would eliminate the requirement of 3 acres for the back lot. The lot would no longer be defined as a back lot, due to having direct access to a street. Lot 1 would only be required to be 2 acres. The existing property owners of Lots 1 and 2, located at 345 and 365 North Willow Drive would have to enter into an agreement to develop the private street as they are joint owners of the access outlot. H2450 Glenn Gronberg 32S Sonh WiUQ^^ Drive Preliminary Subdivision 1/19/99 Page 3