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To: Chairman Kelley and Planning Commission Members <br />Mayor Peterson and Orono City Council <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />From: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst. Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />Date: September 18, 199).. <br />Subject: #1764 Austin Evans, 255 Landmark Drive -Preliminary <br />Subdivision -Public Hearing <br />Application: Request to split off a 2 acre building site from Lot 1, Block <br />1, Bayside Landing. <br />Zoning District: LR-lA, 2 acre minimum. <br />Pertinent Facts <br />Lot Area: Dry <br />Wetland <br />Total <br />Lot Width: <br />List of Exhibits <br />Exhibit A -Application <br />Exhibit B -Plat Map <br />Lot 1 <br />(House) <br />2.06 Ac. <br />2.24 Ac. <br />4.30 Ac. <br />250'+ <br />Exhibit C -Property Owners List <br />Exhibit D -Survey <br />Exhibit E -Comments from City Engineer <br />Lot 2 <br />(New) <br />1.20 Ac. <br />0.95 Ac. <br />2.15 Ac. <br />520'+ <br />Exhibit F -Copy of Section 10.55, Subd. 15(A-3) and <br />Flood Fringe/Floodway Definitions <br />Issues <br />1. Section 10.55, Subd. 15(A-3) allows (for unsewered property) a density <br />credit for "flood fringe" lands equivalent to the amount of dry land, <br />to meet the acreage requirement. Applicant proposes to credit .95 <br />acres of flood fringe with 1.20 acres of dry buildable land to meet <br />the 2 acre requirement for Lot 2. <br />2. Few subdivisions in staff's recollection have made use of this code <br />section since its adoption in 1979. In perhaps two or three cases, <br />existing lots of record have used the wetland credit for sewered <br />property. <br />Staff has initiated discussions with the applicant's engineer, the <br />City Engineer, and the DNR in attempting to determine whether all of <br />the proposed wetland area to be credited falls within the definition <br />of "flood fringe". Flood Fringe is defined as the area between the <br />floodway elevation (not strictiy defined for this wetland as of this