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6. Solid Rock Church's lender has requested that the single-family homes located on Block 9 be platted as separate legal parcels. 7. Solid Rock Church therefore applied for a variance to create four (4) lots on Block 9 including: • an 8.06-acre parcel for the existing church; • a 1.85-acre parcel for one (1) of the existing single-family homes; • a 1.65-acre parcel for one (1) of the existing single-family homes; and • a 1.50-acre parcel for a potential future single-family home. 8. The three (3) new single-family lots proposed for Block 9 are located on the western edge of Block 9 and are not adjacent to any other single-family lots. 9. The closest non-church-owned properties to the new single-fammily lots are located across Lowell Street from the new single-family lots and the new single-family lots are larger than sixteen (16) of the thirty (30) existing single-family lots in the adjoining residential blocks. 10. The three (3) new single-family lots are consistent with the original plat of Block 9 and the remainder of the Brentwood Subdivision plat. 11. The variance granted for the three (3) new single-family lots is in harmony with the general purpose and intent in the City of Elk River Zoning Ordinance. The Ordinance strives to have lot sizes all at a minunum size to promote consistency in neighborhood design and character. The proposed three (3) new lots exceed the size of the majority of the surrounding lot sizes in Brentwood. 12. The variance granted for the three (3) new single-family lots is consistent with the City of Elk River Comprehensive Plan, which designates Block 9 for public/semi- public land use in the middle of a rural residential area. A public/semi-public land use designation is for parcels used for governmental (city, county, school district) and institutional (church) purposes. The residential structures owned by Solid Rock Church on Block 9 are accessory uses to the principal institutional use. 13. The variance granted for the three (3) new single-family lots is consistent with the neighborhood. The property is being proposed to be used in a manner and size, scope and character of the existing Brentwood Subdivision. The three (3) new single-fancily lots are very similar in size to what was originally platted on Block 9. 14. The variance granted for the three (3) new single-family lots will not alter the character of the locality. The new single-fammily lots are very similar to what was originally platted on Block 9, similar to the remaining lots in the Brentwood Subdivision, and larger than the vast majority of the existing single-family lots across the street from the proposed new single-family lots. PO �IEBEii 0 }