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Date Application Received: 03/21/2023 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 04/05/2023 <br />120 -Day Review Period Expires: 08/03/2023 <br />To: Chair Bollis and Planning Commission Members <br />Adam Edwards, City Administrator <br />From: Melanie Curtis, Planner MCC <br />Date: 15 May 2023 <br />Subject: #LA23-000011, Matthew & Susanne Johnson, 1015 Wildhurst Trail / <br />PID 07-117-23-21-0002 (fka 1003 Wildhurst Trail) <br />Subdivision: Preliminary Plat <br />Public Hearing <br />Application Summary: The applicant is requesting approval of a front/back lot subdivision to <br />create one new, buildable lot and a private driveway outlot. <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The subject property was part of a recent administrative boundary line adjustment to move the <br />existing eastern property line to the west, approximately 80 feet (LA23-000018). The property is a <br />9.29 -acre parcel (405,020 square feet) located within the RR -1B one family rural residential zoning <br />district. The heavily wooded site has sloping terrain and includes a small wetland. Building pads and <br />site grading have not been proposed at this time. <br />PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW <br />General Site Characteristics <br />This site is within the rural residential area east of the City's Saga Hill Park Preserve, northwest of <br />Forest Lake, situated between smaller lakeshore lots and larger, wooded rural properties. The <br />property abuts an existing undeveloped right-of-way on the south. The property contains natural <br />wooded areas as well as sloping grades and a wetland. There are no areas of bluff on the property. <br />The site is currently undeveloped, although an old foundation exists on proposed Lot 1 from an old <br />building. <br />Lot Areas <br />Wetland <br />Dry Buildable <br />Total <br />Existing Property <br />±0.03 acre <br />±1,550 square feet <br />± 9.29 acres <br />±9.26 acres <br />Lot 1 - Proposed <br />±0.03 acre <br />±5.0 acres <br />±5.0 acres <br />Lot 2 - Proposed <br />NA <br />±4.0 acres <br />±4.0 acres <br />Outlot - Proposed <br />±10,991 square feet / ±0.25 acres <br />Note, proposed Lot 1 is shown meeting the minimum 150% acreage and setback requirements for <br />the RR -1B district as a "Back Lot". <br />2020 - 2040 Orono Community Management Plan <br />The 2040 Comprehensive Plan guides the property for Rural Residential Density, one unit per two <br />acres (0.5 units per one acre). The proposal involves creation of 2 lots with a calculated density of <br />0.2 units per acre based on the gross area. Today the parcel is considered one buildable lot. The <br />application is proposing two buildable lots which results in more density than the current condition; <br />the application moves the property closer to the guided density within the 2040 Comprehensive <br />