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December 23, 1986 Hello: I have a house on 20 acres at 4145 Watertown Road. I am applying for a Conditional Use Permit to move a house on my property before I subdivide. I realize this is not the normal accepted procedure; however, I am in a hardship position which makes it necessary to do so. Allow me to explain my problem, and then what I hope we can do about it. Stubbs Building Movers has a house that needs to be moved before the road restrictions are placed sometime this spring - usually in March. Therefore, all the arrange- ments and approvals need to be made sometime in February. A normal subdivision process takes upwards of 4 months, therefore, the timing makes it logistically impossible to complete the subdivision before the house has to be moved. Under the requirements for a Conditional Use Permit, after the Planning Commission meeting on January 20 and the Council meeting on February 9, the timing requirements for the move could be met. This would allow me to start the project, with the subdivision to be completed at a later date. A few points are worth mentioning. I do not feel that a subdivision at a later time will present any obstacles. In 1978 I worked with the City to complete most of the preliminary subdivision requirements. At that time I did the following: 1) Mark Hurd took an aerial photograph of my property and drew a topographical map. 2) Gordon Coffin did a complete survey of my property lines, locating all boundaries, the center line of Watertown Road, and the Luce Line. 3) I worked with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District to locate all designated wetlands on my property. These wetlands were surveyed, platted, and given to the City by Qu.t Claim Deed. 4) I worked with Hickok and Associates in doing pert tents around several potential house sites on the property.