04-12-2018 Planning Commission Packet

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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RAMSEY COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 828 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1001 OF THE LITTLE CANADA CITY CODE, KNOWN AS THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Little Canada hereby amends Section 1001, known as Subdivision Ordinance, General Provisions, to modify Section 1001.060, by adding the underlined material and deleting the stricken material as follows: 1001. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1001.060. EXCEPTIONS. When requesting a subdivision, if the following condition or conditions exist, the City Administrator shall deem the request to be a “simple subdivision” and exempt the subdivider from certain procedural provisions as directed in this section. A. In the case of a request to divide a lot where the division is to permit the adding of a parcel of land to an abutting lot or to create three (3) or less lots and the newly created property line will not cause the other remaining portion of the lots, or any structures within the subdivision, to be in violation with this Ordinance or the Zoning Ordinance, then the City Administrator shall place the request on the agenda of the Planning Commission for recommendation to the City Council, subject to the City’s scheduling requirements. Said subdivision may be exempted from other procedural or data requirements as deemed appropriate by the City Administrator. B. Any parcel resulting from a subdivision with a metes and bounds description shall not thereafter be subdivided again with a new metes and bounds description while it is under the same ownership or for a period of 10 years from the date of final approval by the City; whichever time period is greater. Any subsequent subdivision for such parcels done prior to this time period shall be by plat only, in accordance with the requirements of Section 1004 of the City’s Subdivision Ordinance, without the exceptions otherwise allowed by Section 1001 or Section 1009. B C. In the case of a request to combine two or more lots of record, where there exists a total of no more than one (1) building on all lots subject to the request, and which request will not cause other parcels or structures to be in violation of this Ordinance or the Zoning Ordinance, then the City Administrator may certify that the procedural requirements of the subdivision ordinance do not apply to the request, exempting the subdivider from the requirements for Planning Commission recommendation and City Council approval. Such certification shall be made within ten (10) days of the receipt of this request.