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#2361 -Yaeger June 11, 1998 Page 3 Potential Combination of Adjacent or Non-Adjacent Record Lots Applicants' attorney and a neighboring property owner have contacted staff regarding the possibility of combining adjacent or non-adjacent properties with applicants' lot, to result in no net increase of Record Lots on the island. One suggestion was that applicant acquire Lot 65, leaving Lots 8-9-10-11 as a separate Record Lot which would not abut the lake. This may be reasonable, and would be more attractive if 8-9-10-11 could be combined with another adjacent Record Lot that abuts the shoreline, but this appears unlikely so far. A second suggestion w'as that applicant acquire or gain certain buildability rights from some undeveloped Record Lots located some 600' to the northwest. These two record lots (#63 & #69) are individually unbuildable but would become buildable under Section 10.31 Subd. 6H if legally combined, because they would total more than 0.5 acre. The RS District standards do not provide for such a 'transfer of development rights' as was contemplated by the proponents. This would have to be the subject of a zoning amendment in staffs opinion; but it has some merit in that it would ultimately further the City's goal of maintaining low density on Big Island. In reviewing the 1982-83 documentation surrounding Ahern's dispute of the record lot designations, it appears that the City did not close the door on the idea of redesignating the Record Lot-status of individual lots or groups of lots, especially if the end results are no net increase in the number of building sites, and building sites that have septic capabilities. Recent Construction In July 1997 staff found a new cabin nearing completion on Yaeger's Lot 64 (see letter of July 31, 1997). A stop work order was posted and a violation citation subsequently issued for work without a building permit. The new cabin clearly was in violation of lakeshore setback and hardcover regulations. Tlie cabin also is missing a full perimeter foundation which is required under the RS ordinance. A gazebo of apparent recent construction w-as also noted on the site. (See photos) The new cabin replaces a pre-existing cabin of approximately the same dimensions and location which previously existed at the site, and which was apparently removed shortly before the new construction began (debris from the former cabin was noted to the rear of the new cabin - see photos).