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� � <br /> Gaffron stated in approximately 1984,there was a three lot subdivision created and the cul-de-sac <br /> ended between the second and third lots. At the time Wear Lane was created, other lots were <br /> being created at approximately the same time, and there was not a requirement that the roads be <br /> paved. Since the 1980's,the City has required that every private road be paved. Gaffron noted if <br /> this had been a four lot subdivision from the inception,the cul-de-sac would have been laid out <br /> differently. If that subdivision were done today,there would not enough acreage for the relocated <br /> cul-de-sac, and one or both lots would not have enough land to meet the two-acre minimum. <br /> In 1994,the City's Code was changed to address situations where someone has a narrow corridor <br /> that accesses a home that essentially sits behind another house. The City allowed a road to go to <br /> that lot and established standards for a back lot that are difficult to meet in this case. One of the <br /> criteria is that the lot sliould consist of three acres and that the setbacks from the back lot should <br /> be 150 percent of the setback requirements for that zoning district. With this type of front/back <br /> lot situation,there is not sufficient acreage because the 30-foot corridor is not included in that <br /> calculation, and the north line of the south lot becomes functionally the front lot line. Gaffron <br /> indicated the only way to make this situation work is to create a layout that would have some <br /> fairly strange lots and that technically the 200 feet of lot width has to be met at the rear of the <br /> front yard and that a variance would be necessary. <br /> Gaffron noted the septic sites would have to be approved and the wetland delineation must be <br /> approved prior to the City accepting it. Gaffron noted the City's wetland buffer requirement is <br /> being met:: . " � . <br /> Gaffron stated if the Planning Commission is comfortable with granting width variances, there <br /> should be separation between the house sites that matches the goals for the two-acre zone. <br /> Gaffron stated it is a strange layout given the situation with the cul-de-sac,but that it is not that <br /> unusual. � <br /> DeSantis stated the proposed use appears to be in conformity with the CMP. <br /> Gaffron stated it does conform with the City's Comprehensive Plan,and that to meet the two-acre <br /> requirement,the pieces of dry land have to go with the piece to the north and it must be <br /> contiguous. <br /> DeSantis stated over the past five years the area has also been relatively dry. <br /> Gaffron stated the Watershed District would need to review the report and make their <br /> determination on the amount of wetlands this site conta.ins. � <br /> Zullo stated she does not have a concern with sharing the two driveways but that she does have a <br /> concern that the driveway serving four houses is gravel. Zullo inquired whether the City would <br /> require the driveway to be upgraded to asphalt. <br /> Gaffron stated the City requires that private roads have a 24-foot width and an 80 foot paved cul- <br /> de-sac,and that by adding a fourth house, it would trigger the requirement that the road be paved. <br /> In the past the Council has allowed end lots of long subdivision roads to remain gravel for a <br /> -portion of it. Gaffron asked whether the driveway is in one person's name. <br /> DeSantis stated he is unsure. <br /> 2 <br />