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CASE # 2. REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO MINIMUM LOT SIZE ON NON-RIPARIAN LOTS; CASE OF GOOD VALUE HOMES By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Backgrot~nd: Goo~. ValUe Homes has submitted a request for variance to the minimum lot size reqmrements for non-riparian lots in the proposed plat of Sunfish Lake Estates. The following items are enclosed: a) b) c) d) Site location map Proposed plat Proposed findings of fact Proposed variance Notification: In accordarlce with State Statute, Staff notified property owners within 350 feet of the subject property of the request for variance and public hearing. Observations: Protected Wetland #2-113, referred to as Grass or Sunfish Lake, is located within the proposed pl~t of Sunfish Lake Estates. Shoreland overlay regulations for a Recreational Development Lake, as Sunfish Lake is classifed, requires minimum lots sizes of 20,000 square feet for riparian lots and 15,000 square feet for non-riparian lots in the sewered area. The proposed plat consists of 25 lots and has been designed such that the ten riparian lots meet th~ 20,000 square foot area requirement. Only four of the fifteen non-riparian lots meet the 15,000 square foot area requirement. The applicant has stated that the hardship is due in part to the revision to the alignment of Sunwood D~ve. That alignment has been shifted closer to the Good Value property from what was o~ginally planned and thus narrows down the depth of developable land between the road andithe lake. If the developer were to plat 10 lots at 20,000 square feet and 15 lots at I5,000 square feet, the total area~ absorbed by the 25 lots would be 425,000 square feet. Under the developers proposal, 10'~lots are platted at an average size of 21,756 and 15 are platted at an average s~ze of 13,822 for a total of 224,890 square feeti If granted, the variance will not permit the applicant~ any more lots than if the plat were designed in slrict compliance with the code. The intent of the regulations are to protect public waters from pollution. As described above, there will be no more homes developed in the area than if the minimum requirements ~ were met on a lot by lot basis. The plat will also be served by municipal sewer and w~tter systems and the existing homestead parcel will also be converted to the municipal syltem. There will also be a storm sewer system developed in the area.