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-11 N To: Mayor Butler LU�re�.l� ON Orono Council Members V From: Jeanne A. Mabusth, Zoning Administrator PAR 111935 Date: March 5, 1985 Q! V OF ORONO Subject: #888 Catharine A. Cram, 3760 Watertown Road - Subdivision Zoning District - RR -IA - 5 acre minimum Area - 80.2 Acres (exclusive of roadways) Application - Subdivision - Metes and Bounds - Lot Division Parcel A Total Area = 10.03 acres (exclusive of roadway but inclusive of wet area) Parcel B Total Area = 73.5 acres (exclusive of roadway) Mrs. Cram has applied for a division of her homestead creating one new residential unit of ten acres. The City does not require septic testing for lots in excess of five acres in area. There is approximately 3/4 to 1 acre of wetlands in the northeast corner of the property. The City will ask for a Flowage & Conservation Easement over that portion of the wetlands located within Parcel A. A 50' wide corridor has been created providing access to the new lot via Stubbs Bay Road. Note that sections of the Cram property run to the center and at points over the entire designated rights -of -way of Stubbs Bay and Watertown Roads. Since we are dealing with a metes and bounds division, the City would ask for dedication of right-of-way via a quit claim deed. The question arose during the Planning Commis- sion review if the City would be creating a separate par •nl of 20+/- acres on the south side of Watertown Road by asking for quit claim deeds over the entire 66' of Watertown right-of-way. Staff reviewed the question with both Rolf Ericson and Dennis Hill of Hennepin County. Both agreed that the City's resolution controls the numl-er of parcels created in the metes and bounds division. The City may ask for the quit claim deed deeding the complete 66 feet of right-of-way for Watertown and not create the additional 20+ acre lot on the south side of Watertown. Mrs. Cram has met with staff and has been advised of these findings. Planning Commission asked the City to reconsider the request for right-of-way dedications via quit claim deeds in subdivisions that create one parcel of 5+ acres. A future division of this property would require a formal plat - the additional right-of-way can be dedicated to the public use at that time. Mark Gronberg, surveyor for Mrs. Cram, advised that the metes and bounds descriptions for this specific quit claim deed would be 4 to 5 pages long. The City must ask for the quit claim deed of right-of-way for that portion of Parcel