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Comprehensive Plan December 11, 1995 Page 5 property owners will have to subdivide their land when water and sewer is available. This in turn creates a greater efficiency for the property owner to help offset the costs of city water and sewer. Furthermore, the larger the lot sizes, the easier it becomes to extend utilities in an orderly fashion without involving numerous landowners who may not be interested in receiving utilities at that time. Several residents at the last Comprehensive Plan meeting expressed concern about not being able to do "anything" with their property until sewer and water is made available. Within the areas that are designated for residential development, property owners will be able to subdivide their land to the minimum lot size, whichever that may be, and utilize their property as a residential use and other uses associated with that particular zoning designation. On the other hand, the commercial and industrial districts are not as clearly defined and will need further discussion to formulate some reasonable guidelines. V. Can Overlay Plats Be Utilized In Subdivisions Prior To Sewer And Water? The general concept behind overlay plats is to allow the subdivision of land into slightly larger lots which can then be re -subdivided in the future when water and sewer is made available. I believe this particular concept works much better in rural areas that are envisioned to stay rural where the minimum lot size may be larger today than it will be 10 or 15 years down the road. Some of the problems associated with this concept within future urban districts include the following: The parties (Council, developers, staff) who were originally involved in establishing the overlay district are often not a part of the actual implementation when sewer and water is finally made available. This leaves confusion for future councils and staff and a lot of flexibility for debate on the intent of the overlay plat. • As overlay plats develop with numerous homes and property owners that have invested in well and septic systems, there is the likelihood that even though there is an overlay plat that allows further subdivision, the property owners may flat out have no interest in utilities. This simply sets up a scenario where, although it has been planned to serve an area, the property owners enjoy their slightly larger lot and do not have any interest in the sewer and water. • The use of overlay plats within the future urban service district may become more predominant than one or two isolated cases. Therefore, further straining the efficient extension of public utilities, and possibly s:council:Complan