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Memo to Mayor and City Council/P 98-2 August 17, 1998 Page 2 The proposed changes include reducing the number of lots from 8 to 4, shortening the length of the cu de sac and there is no proposed extension of the right-of-way. On the amended plat, the farmstead is on a 70 acre lot and the single family home is on a 10 acre parcel. There are two lots available for development. The opportunity exists for a replating of the largest lot should the zoning code change to allow smaller lots. At that time the road would likely be extended to the edge of the plat or possibly looped through the property back to County Road 21. Background Physical characteristics The site has been mined. Characteristics of the site include wetlands, some flat areas that were part of the floor of the gravel mine, sloped areas that are a result of the reclamation process and wooded areas that have not been mined. The topography rises 60 feet from the west to the east; the west being the area that has been mined and the east area not affected by the gravel mining. The property is within the Mineral Extraction Overlay District; a gravel mining operation has been an ongoing process for many years. The mining on the majority of the property is finished and is in the process of going through the reclamation process. Some small scale gravel mining will continue in the southwest corner of the plat on the 70 acre parcel. However, access to the area that will be mined will be offof County Road 21 through the 70 acre lot. Mining traffic will not go through the subdivision. Once the mining is finished the area will go through the reclamation process. Lot Size and Access The lot sizes for the four lots are Lot 1 - 5.9 acres, Lot 2 - 3.2 acres, Lot 3 - 10 acres and Lot 4 - 70 acres. All of the lots will have frontage on the proposed cul de sac with lots I through 3 having access from the cul de sac and lot 4 utilizing an existing driveway on County Road 21. There is one 14,700 square foot outlot included with this plat. It is located on the south side of lot 4. It will be made part of an adjacent lot, not included as part of this plat, that is owned by the applicant. The proposed cul de sac is about 900 feet long. The subdivision regulations allow a maximum length of 700 feet. The longer cul de sac is needed to provide adequate frontage for the 70 acre parcel and to allow for enough \\elkriver\sys\shrdoc\planning\scott\p98-2acc.doc