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CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. X489 <br />A RESOLUTION APPROVING <br />THE PRELIMINARY PLAT <br />AND DENYING LOT AREA VARIANCES <br />FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT <br />1391 FOX STREET AND 1401 SHORELINE DRIVE <br />FILE NO. 06-3196 <br />WHEREAS, Patrick J. McNaughton and Lisa _. McNaughton (hereinafter the <br />"Developers") are the owners of the property located at 1391 Fox Street within the City of Orono <br />(hereinafter the "City") and legally described as "Lot 1, Block 1 and Outlot A, Blue Hill, <br />Hennepin County, Minnesota"; and <br />WHEREAS, Edward H. Hamm (hereinafter the "Seller") is the owner of the <br />• property located at 1401 Shoreline Drive within the City of Orono and legally described as "Lot <br />1, Block 2, Dragonfly Hill, Hennepin County, Minnesota"; and <br />WHEREAS, on April 19, 2006 the Developers and the Seller jointly filed a <br />subdivision application with the City for approval of a subdivision of a lot line rearrangement <br />that would detach Outlot A, Blue Hill from Lot 1, Block 1, Blue Hill, and combine said Outlot A <br />with Lot 1, Block 2, Dragonfly Hill; and <br />WHEREAS, the aforesaid division/combination process requires platting because <br />the intent of the application is to make the combination of Lot 1, Block 2, Dragonfly Hill and <br />Outlot A, Blue Hill a buildable lot, since Outlot A is not buildable land as an Outlot; and <br />WHEREAS, the plat of Blue Hill was approved in 1994, creating Lot 1, Block 1, <br />Blue Hill with a lot area of 1.82 acres, and Outlot A, with an area of 0.25 acres. Lot 1 and Outlot <br />A are not contiguous parcels, but are separated by approximately 200' of County road and <br />railroad corridor right-of-ways. That approval included a Special Lot Combination Agreement <br />requiring that Lot 1, Block 1, Blue Hill and Outlot A, Blue Hill remain in common ownership, <br />with Outlot A providing lake access for Lot 1, as well as completing Lot 1's 2.0 -acre <br />requirement as required in the RR -1B and LR-lA zoning districts in which Lot 1 and Outlot A <br />respectively are situated. The combined area is 2.07 acres. The Agreement established <br />conditions under which Outlot A could be used. A 1999 amendment to the Agreement allowed <br />for a parking area to be established in Outlot A; and <br />Page 1 of 8 <br />