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/. <br />TO:Chair Lindquist and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />FROM:Michael P. Gaffron, Senior Planning Coordinator <br />DATE:September 11,1997 <br />SUBJECT: #2286 Steve White, 4355 Bayside Road - Class I Subdivision - Public Hearing <br />Zoning District:RR-1 A, 5 acre Rural Residential (north of Bayside Road). <br />RR-IB, 2 acre Rural Residential (south of Bayside, north of 1/4 section line). <br />LR-1 A, 2 acre Lakeshore Residential (south of 1/4 section line). <br />Summary of Request <br />Applicant proposes to split this 55 acre property into two parcels to create one additional building <br />site. Parcel A, the building site, will be 26.0 acres in total area of which 18.8 acres is dry buildable. <br />Parcel B, with the existing house, will be 29.1 acres in area of which 23.5 acres is dry buildable. <br />Lbt of Exhibits <br />A - Application <br />B - Plat Map <br />C - Property Owners List <br />D - Survey <br />E - Subdivision Code Excerpts <br />F - Park Fee Ordinance Excerpt <br />G - Site Evaluation Information <br />Class I Subdivision Status <br />This proposal follows lengthy discussions over a period of months between City and the applicant <br />regarding its subdivision classification status. Staff initially concluded that a plat was required due <br />to unusual factors including: <br />this is a single tax parcel bisected by a County Road; <br />the road effectively creates separate parcels on the north and south sides of it, and for <br />zoning code compliance purposes the right-of-way boundary acts as a lot line; <br />the road has never been formally dedicated in a plat; <br />wetlands exist on the property and should be protected via the granting of <br />Conservation and Flowagc Easements. <br />However, after discussions with the City Attorney, staff has allowed this to proceed as a Class I <br />subdivision because it meets the basic definition of a Class I subdivision, i.e. "the subdivision results <br />in no more than tw'o buildable lots where each resulting lot meets or exceeds 5 acres of land, and <br />each lot has at least 300 ’ of frontage on a public roadway which has been accepted and opened by <br />Jl