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8 <br />To:Chair Smith and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Michael P. Gaffron, Senior Planning Coordinator <br />October 15, 1998 <br />Subject:#2425 Sidney and Barbara Rebers - Renewal of Preliminary Subdivision Approval - <br />Conversion from Outlot to Lot Status - Outlot E, Sugar Woods ('2190' Wayzata <br />Boulevard)- Public Hearing <br />Zoning District: B-1, Retail Sales Business District <br />Summary of Request: Convert Outlot E, Sugar Woods, to buildable lot status to enable <br />development of the property for commercial use. The key issues with the original review related to <br />access for the lot. Those issues were resolved, resulting in Preliminary Plat Approval Resolution <br />No. 3972 adopted October 13,1997. The developer was not able to find a purchaser for the properly <br />until very recently, and since preliminary approval was expected to expire (Oct. 13,1998) before that <br />purchase was completed and final platting commenced, this request for renewal with no changes was <br />submitted. <br />Note that the purchaser of the property is intending to construct a 10,000 s.f. office building on the <br />site, and will be be appearing before Planning Commission in November for a CUP and Commercial <br />Site Plan approval. <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Application <br />B <br />C <br />- Plat Map <br />• Property Owners List <br />D - Preliminary Plat Drawings/Surv'ey <br />E - Resolution No. 3972 <br />F - Letter to Rebers re: Park Fee 11-7-97 <br />G - Selected Exhibits from 1997 Approval <br />Brief Review of Access Issues <br />Orono's 1987-88 Comprehensive Plan Amendment #2 included the future creation of a service road <br />north of Highway 12 connecting Willow Drive and Brown Road. A corridor for such a road was <br />subsequently created in the Otten Brothers property when it was platted via PUD, but only a road <br />segment adjacent to Outlot E was defined within the Rebers propert>’ when Sugarwoods was platted. <br />That 1989 approval of Sugar Woods allowed Rebers to postpone dedication of a specific service road <br />corridor through Outlot F until Outlot F was further divided. However, the 1989 approval also