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Date Application Received: 6/17/15 Date Application Considered as Complete: 7/7/15 60-Day Review Period Expires: 9/5/15 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: August 4, 2015 Item No.: 5 Department Approval: Administrator Approval: Agenda Section: Name: Mike Gaffron RJO Planning Title: Senior Planner Item Description: #15-3758, City of Orono & Clifford Otten, 2251 Pine Ridge Lane and City-owned Parcel PINS 34-118-23 22 0019 (Well #3) - Lot Line Rearrangement and Rezoning List of Exhibits: Exhibit A. Planning Commission Memo & Exhibits dated 7/16/15 Exhibit B. Updated Purchase Agreement Exhibit C. Draft PC Minutes 7/20/15 Application Summary: The City requires additional land adjacent to City Well #3 in order to install an additional well (City Well #4). An agreement has been reached with the adjacent residential property owner, Clifford Otten, in which the City will acquire the necessary acreage, resulting in 2251 Pine Ridge becoming smaller than the 2-acre minimum of the RR- 1B District. Therefore, the remainder of 2251 Pine Ridge Lane after City lot line rearrangement and acquisition is proposed to be rezoned to R-1A, 1-acre Single Family District. Planning Commission Recommendation: On 7/20/2015 the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed lot line rearrangement and rezoning. Planning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend approval as presented. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the proposed rezoning and lot line rearrangement. Please review the Planning Commission Memo and Exhibits and the draft July 20 PC minutes. Briefly, the lot line rearrangement provides the City with the necessary property in which to construct Municipal Well #4 meeting all mandated location requirements, as well as providing the City with direct vehicular access to the wells and wellhouse without traversing the Otten nursery property. The lot line rearrangement leaves the Otten property less than 2.0 acres in area (reduced from 2.43 acres to 1.62 acres). To allow the Otten parcel to remain conforming, and meet the terms of the purchase agreement, the property is proposed to be rezoned from RR-1B (2-acre minimum) to R-1A (1-acre minimum) matching the adjacent Sugar Woods PUD underlying zoning. One member of the public commented, the neighbor to the immediate north, indicating a desire to not have his access to the rear of his property affected or blocked by snow storage, as that is a location he stores a trailer. Public Works Director Adam Edwards indicated the City will try to not plow him in or cause access issues. The neighbor also questioned whether the proposed R-1A zoning would allow multi-family uses. Staff noted that the R-1A zoning would allow a two-family