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STAFF REPORT <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />RE: <br />Mayor Fischer and Members of the Little Canada City Council <br />Ben Harrington, AICP, Community Development Director <br />May 14, 2025 <br />Planning Case 1439 – Risty Family - 49 Old County Road C and 50 County Road C <br />East Little Canada MN, 55117 – Minor Subdivision & Variance <br />ACTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED <br />Approve/Approve with Conditions/Deny a minor subdivision for 49 Old County Road C and 50 County Road C <br />East; and <br />Approve/Approve with Conditions/Deny a variance for the rear setback to be 30 feet when 40 feet is required at <br />49 Old County Road C with the findings of fact outlined in city staff’s report; and <br />Approve/Approve with Conditions/Deny a variance for lot depth to be 125.4 feet when 130 is required at 49 Old <br />County Road C with the findings of fact outlined in city staff’s report. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The owners of 49 Old County Road C and 50 County Road C East, both members of the Risty family, are <br />requesting to shift their shared rear property line 8 feet to the south. The owner of 49 Old County Road C, Esta <br />Risty, will be selling her house, and her son, Corey Risty, the owner of 50 County Road C East, wants to ensure <br />that a line of mature trees along their shared property line are maintained in perpetuity. <br />In the interest of saving the applicant time, Staff suggested that the applicant first investigate the possibility of a <br />private deed agreement to ensure the preservation of the trees rather than formally amending the property line. <br />The applicant was advised by their attorney that such an agreement would be difficult to enforce, and that <br />formally relocating the trees to their own property would be the only way to guarantee the trees remain in place. <br />The city does not have strict landscaping standards that would require the trees to remain, nor is there a simple <br />enforcement mechanism to require their replacement should they be removed. <br />Figure 1. Current Site Conditions <br />Blue highlighted area indicates the affected properties. <br />Old County Road C