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Minder: Minimum lot size in Burns is 2½ acres. They have some problems with their ordinance. Anything less than 20 acres should be platted. This is Township wide. Ham Lake: Adopted Dakota County Ordinance, 39000 sq. ft., 9/10 of an acre and 200 foot frontage. You can sell I lot and then you have to plat. They now have a six month moratorium. Possi- bly will have this lot size after the plan is adopted. Cox: Many of the roads will be collector roads. EAst Bethel: In November they had small lots. They had a mora- torium since May 15th. They use shoreline ordinance of Anoka County. They will require deep wells and percolation tests and boring tests. At the last meeting they agreed to hire a planner. They see no prospect for city sewer and water until the year 2000. They are planning around this fact. They feel their planner will suggest 20 acres. They are in a peripheral area. There may be some areas in the city where they can use smaller acreage. They do not have an overlay plan. Knutson: The Oak Grove platting ordinance is 2½ acres minimum with 330 foot frontage, 5 acres by metes and bounds. They require all roads to be put in and stabilized with Class V. They require 7% of the area for parks. Whenever they can pick up additional lake, creek or river lowland, wherever it is available, they pick it up for future for parks and trail systems. They have many lots that are going to be a problem and they don't know what the answer will be to that. There is no thought of changing the lot size. the University of Minnesota gave them some of the input for 2½ acres and this should handle septic tanks well into the year 2000. Sewer is far off according to the Metro Sewer Board. They have an overlay. Steinke: Many people have worked all their lives and put all their savings into land. What young couple starting out can af- ford 20 acres and build a house on it? If they are on retirement, how can they pay the taxes on such large acreage? Burns: Feels many new roads will-be collector roads. Cox: Ramsey requires bituminous roads on i acre additions and three inches of Class V or ~more in the 2½ acre area. Burns: Their roads have been predicated on County Roads. Nelson: Blacktopping on all new developments. East Bethel: Blacktop up to this point. Approximately 1OO miles of roads on sand. This makes for two separate maintenance efforts for the city. Most of them end up at a creek, lake or such in a cul de sac.