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Conunent: It is not clear from the above provision if the ”60% rule” applies to new subdivisions, resubdivisions, or only previously recorded lots. Ihe statement "the standards and criteria are designed to pressure cities to increase, not decrease lot sizes wherever the present neighbor standards falls below 15,000 square feet” would seem to imply that new subdivisions or resubdivisions should meet the more restrictive lot standards. However, in the wording of the ”60% rule”, it is not specifically stated which parcels or subdivisions this may be applied to. In Wayzata, there are two residential neighborhoods within the Shoreland District that have been developed on less than 10,000 square foot lots. The residential area east of Wayzata Bay Center and north of County Road 15, and the residential neighborhood along Grove Lane. Typical single family lots in these areas rang from 6,000 - 10,000 square feet in size and 50- 70 feet in width. It should also be noted, though, that the base lot standards for single family lots in the LMCD Plan are the same as those within the current Wayzata Shoreland Ordinance. Section C., Subp. 1 _ _ _ _ _Use_ _ _ _ _ _ M.F. 6-12 Units Residential PUD Minimum Area 15,000/unit 15,000/unit Minimum Width 250* 250’ Comment: Even with width are 9,000 square the ”60% rule”, the minimum area and lot _ __ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ feet per unit and 150 feet respectively for a multiple family and a residential PUD. This corresponds to a density of only 4.8 units per acre. Given this is the same density allowed within the City's R-3 District, it represents an extremely low maximum density for planned unit developments or multiple family dwellings. If this density limit (9,000 square feet/unit) would have been applied to recent PUD developments within Wayzata, the following number of units would have been allowed; Widsten-Harrington, 41 units; Howell Condominiums, 3 units. Tnis is unrealistically low given the character of those sites and the intensity of the development around them. This provision of the LMCD Plan would virtually eliminate any new multiple family housing from ever being developed in the Shoreland District again. The LMCD Plan does not use the DNR's method of calculating PUD density. Rather, it leaves this section of the DNR regulations optional for inclusion into the local ordinances. The recent DNR density calculations of the Widsten project allows approximately twice the number of units as the LMCD Plan. The Howell project