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ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT IF THE SUBDIVISION HAD BEEN ZONED <br />R-lE, THIS COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT THESE PARTICULAR SUBDIVISIONS <br />ARE IN R-1 ZONES WHERE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BUILD ON A LOT WHICH HAS 7,000 <br />SQ. FT, AS LONG AS IT FRONTS ON A ROAD. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT IF YOU DIVIDE INTO MORE THAN <br />TWO LOTS, YOU COME UNDER THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS AGREED, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS NO <br />PROHIBITION IN THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ABOUT SLICING A PLATTED LOT <br />INTO TWO PARCELS. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE ONLY REASON THIS HAS COME ABOUT <br />IS BECAUSE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS LOWERED THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR A <br />SEPTIC TANK TO HALF AN ACRE. HE FELT THIS DIVIDING OF PLATTED LATS <br />COULD HAVE A VERY DETRIMENTAL AFFECT ON PROPERTY VALUES. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS AGREED AND NOTED THAT MOST OF THESE SUBDIVI- <br />SIONS WERE PLATTED IN ONE ACRE LOTS IN ORDER TO MEET HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br />REQUIREMENTS. HE CONTINUED THAT THE BOARD MUST ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERA- <br />TION THE OLD PLATS OF RECORD IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE 25', 50' OR 75' <br />LOTS. PEOPLE FREQUENTLY BUY SEVERAL ADJACENT LOTS; COMBINE THEM; AND <br />THEN DIVIDE THEM INTO LOTS OF A SIZE THAT WILL COMPLY WITH ZONING RE- <br />QUIREMENTS. HE NOTED THESE PEOPLE MUST BE PROTECTED. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH OUR PURPOSE BY <br />SAYING YOU CAN'T REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING AREA, BUT YOU CAN <br />INCREASE IT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT AT THIS STAGE HE -WOULD PREFER THE <br />BOARD REACHED A POLICY DECISION AND THEN HE COULD DRAFT SOMETHING. HE <br />FELT THE ANSWER IS TO GO BACK AND REZONE SOME OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT BELIEVE <br />WE CAN RESOLVE THE PROBLEM TODAY, HE WOULD LIKE TO PUT A HOLD ON THE <br />. 1 <br />SITUATION UNTIL WE CAN ADDRESS THE PROBLEM PROPERLY. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THE BOARD CAN PASS AN EMERGENCY <br />ORDINANCE BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF ALL FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DISCUSSED A TIME FRAME, AND ATTORNEY <br />COLLINS POINTED OUT THAT THIS WOULD REQUIRE A MORATORIUM. <br />56 <br />BOOK 39 PAGE 56 <br />'FEB 71979 <br />