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#912 Gordon Hedlund Vase 2 .Tune 3, 1985 2. Paved Roadway extends i nto the property, covering about 400 square feet at the southwest corner of the lot. The County has been asked to address the need for dedic-ition of right-of-way and the preferred method (quit -claim deed or easement). The County requests a triangular shaped parcel be dedicated as shown in Exhibit I, with the corners of the triangle at 35' north and 40' east of the southwest lot corner. This triangle comprises 700 square f.oet in area. 3. Lot Area -The lot area including the port4ons of County roadway is 9,532 square feet or 0.22 acre. Lot area excluding the 700 square feet requested by the County is 8,832 square feet or 0.20 acres. Based on the 9,532 square feet located within the 75-250' Setback zone, the property is limited to 2,383 sf of hardcover, which should allow for the 1,000 sf house proposed, plus a driveway. Please review the study of neighboring developed lot sizes. The study includes all developed properties within 100' of this lot. [dote that 91 % of the existing developed lots are larger than this lot. The median lot size is 0.46 acres (half greater than 0.46 acre, half less than 0.46 acre) for the 78 properties in the study area. 4. Lot Width - Under the 112 acre standards, this lot would meet the 100' width requirement on the west lot line. 5. History of Use and Ownership of the Property A seasonal cabin existed on the lot until fall of 1968 when the owner, Gary Setterstrom, tried to put a basement under it and destroyed the cabin in the process. Setterstrom subsequently asked for and was granted a variance to rebuild or sell the lot (parcels 5200 and 6000 combined) as a building site per Council approva I on Apr i 1 28, 1969. Setterstrom owned the lots until 1977 and 1978 when they were forfeited for nonpayment of taxes. The City approved the release for sale of the easterly lot via Resolutions #937 and t944 in 1978, and Resolution i1046 in 1979. The westerly lot was released in February, 1981, via Resolution 01250. The resolutions stipulate that the pars - is are not guaranteed to be buildable and may .-equire variances. Mr. Hedlund, the current owner, pilrehased the property f rom the state in April, 1981, at a cost ; f $2, 400 for the east half and $1 , 600 for the west half ac-corriing to Hennepin County- Tax Records. 6. Tax History - Please review the tax history f -ir these parcels. Since Mr. Hedlund purchased the properties, the assessed valuation of the combined property has risen from $4,000 to the current $5,000 valuation. 1995 taxes total $191.04.