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TO: FROM: DATE: Ron Moorse, City Administrator Jeanne A. Mabusth, Building & Zoning Administrator July 29. 1993 SUBJECT: Impact of Future Subdivision of Residential Lot within City of Orono Plat as it Relates to Upgrade of Road It has been well documented by many of our sophisticated developers that there ® between the Comp Plan and the subdivision regulations specifically Comp Plan (CMP 7-u, Private Driveway) where maximum service for a driveway can be at three residential umts. Subdivision regs. (Section 11.33, Subd. 4. typical section) requires a pnvate street at t^e residential units. The City Attorney finds that the ordin^ce has precedence over Comp Plan thus staff requires a road upgrade at three residential units. In the City of Orono subdivision application, #1780. the existing driveway serves an MWCC facility and a proposed single residential unit. The op^a space outlot retained by the City remriins as merely open space with no defined use. If the residential lot is subdivided m the fuatre the roadway would now serve two residential units and the MWCC lift station. The ordinance is specific and references only residential units. One would argue that the road need not be upgraded because the driveway would continue to serve two resident-al nnits. If a future park is developed, an upgrade of roadway may be necessary based on safei- u-kn’-' lerations and the need to provide turnaround. Staff Findings As subdivision code specifically bases intensity of use on residential units, staff would “8^ that the future subdivision of the residential lot within the Orono plat would not trigger ^ need for an upgrading of the roadway. The issue for the City is whether the development of a par wUl trigger the need for an upgrade based on the intensity of use that may well exceed that of a residential unit. The MWCC facUity is not classified as a residential umt nor does its limited use suggest a need for concern. Enc. CMP 7-17 Subdivision 11.33 - Subd. 4