2003/11/06 - LAND USE - VAR - Other

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Attachment A to the Petition for Subdivision Variance William Trulsen, Fawn Lake Background: In 1962 the land on Fawn Lake was purchased from L.G. Johnson. It was purchased jointly by Bill & Joan Trulsen and Fred & Catherine Bonney. They asked Red Johnson to divide the property in half by lake frontage with ''/2 going to each purchaser. In this same year Bill & Joan Trulsen gave Ray & Dorothy Trulsen, (Bill Trulsen's parents) 100 feet of land to build a cabin. The land was on the opposite end of the property next to the county land. It was to be their land. The paperwork was completed so that Ray & Dorothy would pay the taxes on their land. They paid these taxes for 42 years until their death. See attachment 1 — Ray & Dorothy's tax statement. Both parties believed this to be a legal and sellable lot. This error and several other errors have been brought to our attention over the last couple of years when Catherine Bonney tried to sell her adjacent lot. See attachment 2 map of land between Bonney/Trulsen. This land was incorrectly surveyed by Anthony Thousands 30 years ago. There were land infringements that needed to be addressed before Catherine Bonney could sell her land. In 2002, Doug Crane resurveyed the land. With the help of the surveyor, lawyers, and the court we now have a legal description of Lot 1. This is now a sellable lot. However, the cost to us was $12,000. At our August 12`h meeting Jim Flanagan found a county map of Fawn Lake that shows Bill Trulsen's cabin on the 18 acres of land not on Lot 1. The map shows two cabins on the 18-acre parcel. This is another error that we found. The land and cabins are also listed on our tax bill incorrectly. It shows cabins and values on the wrong piece of land. We are paying taxes on 18 acres and 2.84 acres totaling 20.84 acres. We believe that we have been paying taxes on 24 acres of land for 42 years. It also appears that Bill Trulsen and Ray Trulsen have been paying taxes on the same piece of property for 42 years. See attachment 1 and 3 tax bills. The original intention was for William & Joan Trulsen to have majority of the land except for the 100 feet that was given to Ray Trulsen in 1962. Both Ray and Dorothy are deceased. We would like to sell the cabin and lot. We are submitting a petition for subdivision variance. We propose to split the current two lots as originally intended. We originally intended to have a 100-foot lot, which was allowed on a class 3 lake at the time Ray Trulsen built his cabin 42 years ago. After meeting with Mr. Flanagan it was suggested that since Lot 1, where the Bill Trulsen cabin is located, is a sellable approximately 150 feet lot that it would make sense to swap and make the Ray Trulsen lot a 150 feet lot. Then Joan & Bill Trulsen get the remainder of the property as their lot. We feel that this is a good compromise and meets most of the zoning requirements.