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County Road 19 or from Tonkaview via the remainder of Park Avenue. <br />The access to applicants property will be designated as using the <br />Tonkaview/Park route to avoid access problems onto the County road. <br />:staff recommends approval of the vacation per the attached <br />resolution. The condition #3 will have a bearing on the applicants <br />proposed house location and may need some discussion. <br />Part 2 - variance (#783) <br />List of Exhibits <br />Exhibit <br />A <br />- Application <br />Exhibit <br />B <br />- Property Owners List <br />Exhibit <br />C <br />- Plat Map <br />Exhibit <br />D <br />- Revised Survey Showing Proposed <br />House Location <br />Exhibit <br />E <br />- Hennepin County Handout <br />Exhibit <br />F <br />- Common Ownership Study <br />Exhibit <br />G <br />- Applicant's Attorney (Exhibit & <br />Findings) <br />Exhibit <br />H <br />- May 11 Letters to Campbell and <br />Turney <br />Exhibit <br />I <br />- July 3 Letters to Campbell and <br />Turney <br />Exhibit <br />J <br />- Planning Commission Minutes 4/16/84, <br />7/16/84 <br />Exhibit <br />K <br />- Applicant's Attorney Letter to <br />NSP 1/3/85 <br />A) Lot Area <br />Required - 1 acre or <br />Existing = 0.35 acre <br />*With 15' right-of-way <br />Variance - 0.65 acre <br />With additional 15', <br />B) Lot Width <br />Required - 140' <br />Existing - 75' <br />Variance = 65' or 46% <br />43,560 s.f. <br />or 15,360 s.f. <br />from Park Avenue <br />65% <br />= 0.42 acre or 18,365 s.f. <br />Variance = 0.58 acre or 58% <br />The subject property's tax delinquent record began in 1972 and in <br />1979 was offered for public sale as a tax forfeit property. The <br />property never sold at the public auctions for the next four years <br />until the Caples purchased the property over the counter in August of <br />1983. The County offered the enclosed hand out material (Exhibit E) <br />advising that there was no assurance that any property offered for <br />sale (either through a private sale to abutting property owners or at <br />public sale) met the standards for buildability of the local <br />jurisdiction. Caples was advised by the Orono staff that such a <br />property would require a variance review and the approval of the City <br />Council. <br />The property was told for $6,000, Caples made a down payment of <br />$1,380 with a balance of $4,800 to be paid over a ten-year period in <br />annual installment payments. <br />2 <br />