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Application Background: The City Council tabled this item on February 14, 2000 to permit the applicant to review uvo primary issues. j_. To complete additional soil borings to determine total dr%- buildable area of the property. The wetland delineation report indicated onlv 13.7 acres of drv buildable area which would allow only 6 lots based on the two acre per dwelling unit permitted density in the RR-IB district. Wetlands have been reevaluated by Svoboda Ecological Resources. It has been determined two wetland areas originally identified as wetland should not have been. The total land designated as wetland on the property is 6.05 acres. The total area is 20.17 acres resulting in an upland area of 14.1 acres. The two acre zoning of the property would allow a ma.\imum of 7 lots based on one residential unit per two acres should the PRD be approved. i '' 2.To secure legal access to the property. Access to the properties would require the applicant to obtain an easement or additional land from an adjacent property owner since this property does not have immediate access to a public or private road. The onlv access to the parcel is via a “driveway easement” across an adjacent property. Mr. Van Eeckhout has stated he has been unable to obtain a “roadway easement” to access Brown Road. A new plan has been proposed that would request access to the lots from Apple Glen Road. Apple Glen Road is a public road owned and controlled by the City of Long Lake. Mr. Van Eeckhout has made a request to Long Lake for road access from Apple Glen as well as connection to sewer. Long Lake has directed Mr. Van Eeckhout to seek plan approval from the City of Orono before they will review the request for road access and sew'er connection. Shannon Sweeney, City Administrator for Long Lake, has submitted a letter regarding this issue attached as Exhibit J. Revised Plan: This is the first proposal that would request access from Apple Glen Road in Long Lake. Apple Glen Road serves about 14 residences. The added length of the street would add as many as 7 additional lots to Apple Glen. The total length of the cul-de-sac from Watertown Road is approximately 1,600 feet where Orono City code allows a maximum cul-de-sac length of 1,000 feet. Outlot A would provide driveway access to at least one property. The RR-IB zoning district allows a property to develop as a PRD as a conditional use. Under the PRD the City can establish setbacks for each of the lots. The dry buildable areas of lots 1,2,3 and 7 are limited and are between 1/2 acre to 1 acre dry buildable. The lots also are similar to the lots located north of the development in the City of Long Lake. The proposed setbacks shown on the site i^2550 Charles Tj/i Eeckhout 120 Brown Road South Subdivision B 2l 00 pag*-2