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COMMUNITYGROWTH September 26, 2005 I N S T 1 T U T E Mayor and City Council City of Pequot Lakes 4638 County Road 11 Pequot Lakes,MN 56472 Re: Zoning Administrator's Report Dear Mayor and City Council: The Planning Commission met for their regularly scheduled September meeting where they held nine public hearings —one continued public hearings for a preliminary plat, seven for individual property rezonings, and one for an ordinance amendment. Three of the rezoning hearings were tabled, one at the request of the applicant and two to gather more information. The Planning Commission is forwarding you the following recommendations for your consideration: 1. Preliminary Plat of Evergreen Fourth Addition,Arvig Evergreen LLC. The applicant owns a parcel that is 22.03 acres in size, which lies between Highway 371 to the west and Paul Bunyan Trail to the east. The property is located at the south end of Evergreen Point. The parcel has been rezoned to Rural Residential; however, the subdivision application is being processed under the old Ordinance because the application was submitted before the rezoning process started. The applicant originally proposed to create 13 residential lots ranging from 1.24 to 1.93 acres and one outlot which would have connected the development to the Paul Bunyan Trail. The revised preliminary plat proposes four residential lots at 1.24, 1.33, 1.35, and 1.92 acres each. Outlot A is a small strip of land that connects the development to the Paul Bunyan trail. Outlot B would include the remaining 14.84 acres on the lot. The preliminary plat was first reviewed in June 2005. The applicant has recently submitted a revised preliminary plat for review. The concerns about the original preliminary plat reviewed in June 2005 were as follows: 1. The impact on the wetlands from the stormwater runoff and the stormwater management issues that would occur due to the steep slopes and lay of the land. Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 all would drain into the wetland on the center of the subdivision, and the wetland is contained in part on each of those lots. 2. The variations in elevation and steep slopes of the proposed public road on the west side of the plat. 3. The steep slopes on Lots 1, 2, and 6 limit the ability to build. 4. The lack of identified drainfield locations for sewage treatment on Lot 6. 5. The radii on the culs-de-sac are smaller than what is required by the Ordinance. 6. Extension of a roadway to the southerly property line. The Planning Commission is recommending approval of the preliminary plat based on the following findings of fact: 1. In reference to the five concerns from the previous preliminary plat proposal: 14084 Baxter Drive, Suite 7 Baxter, MN 56401 (218) 828-3064 www.communitygrowth.com