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A RESOLUTION GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF A CLASS III SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 250 AND 340 OLD CRYSTAL BAY ROAD SOUTH CRYSTAL BAY PRESERVE FILE NO. 2477 WHEREAS, George W. Stickney (hereinafter the "subdivider") on March 17, 1999, filed a formal subdivision application with the City for approval of an eight (8) lot residential plat of property legally described as: Lot 2, Auditor's Subdivision No. 229, Hennepin County, Minnesota, And that part of Lot 1, Auditor's Subdivision No. 229, lying southerly of a line dravm parallel \vith and 240 feet southerly, as measured at right angles to the North line of said Lot 1, and lying westerly of a line drawn parallel with, and 1070 feet easterly as measured at right angles, to the West line of said Lot 1 (hereinafter "the property"); and WHEREAS, after due published and mailed notice in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 462.358 et. seq. and the Municipal Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10 (Zoning Code) and Chapter 11 (Subdivision), the Orono Planning Commission held a public hearing on April 19,1999, at which time all persons desiring to be heard concerning this application were given the opportunity to speak thereon; and WHEREAS, at their regular meeting held on May 10,1999 the Orono City Council considered the subdivision application noting the following findings of fact: 1.The property is located within the RR-IB One Family Rural Residential Zoning District requiring a minimum of two acres of contiguous dry buildable land within each newly created lot. 2.The subdivision is located over two existing residential sites located at 250 and 340 Old Crystal Bay Road South. The entire site is 20.21 acres, with 1.17 acres as designated wetland and 19.04 acres dry buildable. 3.The proposed plat consists of eight residential lots each meeting or exceeding the two acre minimum requirement for the zoning district. Page 1 of 8 ------