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> #23' 1 - Yae^er June 11,1998 Pa^e 2 A key element of the rezoning was to designate individual lots or groups of commonly-owned lots, as "Record Lots", based on historic ownership and use patterns. Each Record Lot was numbered and categorized as "Subdividable", "Conforming", "Substandard" or "Substandard Unbuildable", based on acreage and on whether the site was currently developed. A total of 69 "Record Lots" were so designated, and automatic lot area variances were authorized for those that were considered as buildable Record Lots. Record Lot #15 Background Lots 64-65, Morse Island Park and Lots 8-9-10-11, Morse Island Park Second Addition, were designated as Record Lot #15, by virtue of their common ownership by Roy Ahem as of November 9,1981. Record lot #15 was categorized as "Substandard - Buildable" with a combined acreage of 2.5 acres. Ahem protested the Record Lot designation in 1983 and subsequently sold his six separate tax parcels to six different persons. Since each of the six parcels was (and is) considered individually unbuildable per the RS District ordinance, staff is not authorized to issue building permits until the six parcels are legally combined, or until the Record Lot designation is amended. Ahern’s six tax parcels have undergone a number of ownership changes since 1983. Currently, Lot 64 is owned by Mr. & Mrs. Yaeger, and Lots 8-9-10-11-65 are owned as five separate tax parcels by Nancy Lee Fames. Staff is advised that the Yaegers have discussed their dilemma with Fames with an eye toward poss’bly acquiring Lot 65. Lots 8-9-10-11 are inland, and would rely on City rights-of-way for access to the lake. Lot Area Variance Data Existing area of Lot 64: RS District minimum area: 10,761 sf (0.25 acre) 217,800 sf (5.0 acres) Range in areas of existing 'Substandard-Buildable' record lots: 0.18 ac - 4.3 ac Range in areas of existing 'Substandard-Unbuildable' record lots: 0.18 ac - 0.35 ac Number of'Substandard-Buildable' record lots 0.25 ac or smaller: Number of'Substandard-Buildable' record lots larger than 0.25 ac: 4 51 Average area of all 55 existing 'Substandard-Buildable' record lots: Mean area of all 55 existing 'Substandard Buildable' record lots: 1.12 acre 0.68 acre Defined width of Lot 64: 49' (The RS lot width standards. Section 10.31 Subd. 7, do not require a lot width variance for existing lots of record, but w'ould disallow subdivision to create a new lot less than 200’ in width, and would disallow a lot line rearrangement that reduces an existing lot to less than 50' in width)I