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TO: Frcui: Date: Subject: Chairman Kelley and Planning Commission Members Mayor Peterson and Orono City Council Ron Moorse* City Administrator Michael P. Gaffron, Asst. Planning & Zoning Administrator September 18, 1,9 9Q» 11764 Austin Evans, 255 Landmark Drive - Preliminary Subdivision - Public Hearing Application: Request to split off a 2 acre building site from lot 1, Block 1, Bayside Landing. Sooing District: LR>1A, 2 acre minimum. Pertinent Pacta Lot Area:Dry Wetland Total Lot Width: List of Exhibits Exhibit A - Exhibit B - Exhibit C - Exhibit D - Exhibit E - Exhibit P - Issues Lot 1 (House) 2.06 Ac. 2.24 Ac. TTlff Ac. 250'-^ Lot 2 (New) 1.20 Ac. 0.95 Ac. 77TS Ac. 520'-^ Application Plat Map Property Owners List Survey Comments from City Engineer Copy of Section 10.55, Subd. 15(A-3) and Flood Pringe/Floodway Definitions 1. Section 10.55, Subd. 15(A-3) allows (for unsewered property) a density credit for "flood fringe" lands equivalent to the amount of dry land, to meet the acreage requirement. Applicant proposes to credit .95 acres of '"’ood fringe with 1.20 acres of dry buildable land to meet the 2 acre requirement for Lot 2. 2. Few subdivisions in staff's recollection have made use of this code section since its adoption in 1979. In perhaps two or three cases, existing lots of record have used the wetland credit for sewered property. Staff has initiated discussions with the applicant's engineer, the City Engineer, and the DNR in attempting to determine whether all of the proposed wetland area to be credited falls within the definition of "flood fringe". Flood Fringe is defined as the area between the floodway elevation (not strictly defined for this wetland as of this