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Lot Width. The shortest horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles <br />to the lot depth measured at the required minimum building setback line. <br />The table below indicates the minimum lot requirements for an interior lot in the R-1, Single Family <br />Residential and Shoreland Districts: <br />Lot Width Lot Area <br />R-1, Single Family <br />Residential <br />75 feet 10, 000 square feet <br />Shoreland District 75 feet 15,000 square feet <br />Variance #1 - The proposal for all three lots complies with the lot area requirements for both districts. <br />In addition, the lot width requirement complies for all three properties along Keller Parkway. Lots 1 <br />and 2 would be considered double frontage lots by definition of city code. Lots 1 and 2 as proposed do <br />not comply with the 75-foot lot-width requirement on the Labore Road frontage as required by both <br />districts. The City Attorney has reviewed the proposed site plan. Their office has confirmed the <br />Labore Road frontage is considered the front yard and with a double frontage lot that then both street <br />frontages are required to meet the minimum lot width. The applicant is seeking a reduced lot width <br />requirement for lots 1 and 2 to allow a 17.4 foot lot width on the Labore Road frontage. <br />In your consideration of this request, the directive of the past City Council will understandably be a <br />factor in your consideration. As a result, city staff has sought input from the City Attorney on this <br />matter. The City Attorney has indicated that the present Planning Commission and City Council are <br />not bound by past council decisions. However, it is a factor you can consider when you review the <br />present request. In 2006, the restriction to Labore Road was agreed to by the Owner and per the City <br />Attorney was contractual in nature. As a contract whose terms run with the land, the current Owner is <br />bound to recognize it. Mr. Yargici again is not disputing his understanding of this condition, but is <br />seeking to have that decision reversed. <br />With regards to access from Keller Parkway, Mr. Yargici has indicated that he has had discussions <br />with Ramsey County (this is a County road and they have regulatory authority over access approval) <br />and they have indicated that two additional access points could be established along this stretch. The <br />County’s involvement and review occurred from an earlier version of a site plan which showed access <br />off of Keller Parkway. There was no formal application for approval made by Mr. Yargici to Ramsey <br />County and this was only concept feedback. On that design the two new lots proposed did not have <br />double frontage and the existing lot at 675 Keller Parkway retained the access off of Labore Road <br />(continuing the legal non-conforming flag lot status). This speaks to the feasibility of Keller Parkway <br />for access and is indicative of the potential for a concept plan that would meet minimum lot width <br />requirements. <br />Secondly, the applicant is seeking two access points off of Labore Road that are 17.4 feet wide. The <br />driveway for both lots is shown to be 10 feet wide. This leaves 3 feet +/- on either side of the <br />driveway to meet the side yard setback requirement for off-street parking. City staff is concerned <br />about snow storage in the first 155 feet of the front yard for both lots. On a lot that meets the <br />minimum lot width, the driveway may be paved at the side yard setback on one side of the property, <br />but the landowner still has the other side of the driveway for snow storage. In this scenario, the future <br />landowner has no alternative location for snow storage and it is likely that discharge will occur onto <br />the neighboring properties.