01. Final plat approval for Matthews Subdivision

Chronological Order of Events for Matthews Property 07/02/20—Barrie Jacobson from Warfield Appraisal Group emailed Grace Puppe to confirm the zoning and building eligibilities left for parcel 64-0000-03130-000 (Robert &Vickie Matthews property) Grace Puppe replied that she would need to look into this property further to determine the eligibility. 08/11/20—Grace Puppe emailed Jeff Warfield explaining that as the parcels were platted as auditor's lots they are not considered as platted parcels. Auditor's lots are for taxation purposes and do not hold building eligibility. 08/18/20—Barrie Jacobson emailed Grace Puppe checked in on the status of the Robert&Vickie Matthews property and notified Grace Puppe that the property owner is trying to sell four 10-acre lots on that property keeping one lot for their home. Barrie asked if that property has building eligibility for four residential building sites. 08/19/20—Grace Puppe emailed Barrie Jacobson that if the 40-acre lot is sold as one whole parcel then the deed restriction would not be an issue. Since there are 4 lots trying to be sold that a deed restriction would be required of 40 acres less the size of the lot for each development right. Barrie Jacobson replied asking if the property owner has acquired the deed restriction. Grace Puppe responded that they had not. Barrie Jacobson asked Grace Puppe asking about the changes to the 2006 Subdivision Ordinance updates that included the deed restriction requirement. He had asked how these minor subdivisions are created and what is required to not need a deed restriction. Grace Puppe emailed back that since the Matthews property is more than 5 lots,they would need to be built up to major subdivision requirements with curb and gutter, drainage, water etc. Major subdivisions do not require a deed restriction.The best option if the property owner is looking to split up the land and not wanting to deed restrict would be to request the City of Fargo to annex the property into the city's ET area and plat the parcel through them. 08/28/20—Robert Matthews submitted an Access Permit Application. 08/31/20—Brian Busta reviewed the access permit application and noted the requirement that the access must remain multi-use. 11/19/20—Auditor's Lot 2 was recorded as Document# 1613170.This is the lot that Bob Matthews built his house. 02/08/21—Three additional Auditor's lots (Auditor's Lots 3,4, 5) were recorded as document numbers 1621777, 1621779, 1621781. 03/29/21—Grace Puppe mailed a violation letter to Robert &Vickie Matthews stating that the property split to be used for sale or development does not meet the Cass County Subdivision Ordinance requirements. Page I 1