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j.;.:,. ~IORTIiWE5T A550CIATED COn15lJLTARITS, II~IC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231.2655 Facsimile: 763.231.2561 planners(ah~acplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Blesener and City Council FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: August 20, 2009 RE: Little Canada -Simple Subdivision Amendments REPORT UPDATE NAC FILE: 758.10 - 09.06 The proposed ordinance amendment relating to simple subdivisions was discussed at the Planning Commission, with the note that the text presented in the original staff report did not cover all of the situations that the amendment was intended to address. One of the classes of subdivisions that the City wished to "grandfather" into the previous lot size allowances was simple two-lot subdivisions that did not require a full plat process. Essentially, only new plats were intended to be required to meet the new larger lot size and setback requirements. As such, the proposed ordinance language should read as follows: 905.050. LOT REQUIREMENTS AND SETBACKS. Por existing lots of record, nnv lots resulting from subdivisions classified as "simple subdivisions", and property preliminary platted into buildable lots prior to March 1, 2008, the following minimum requirements shall be observed in an "R-1"District subject to additional requirements, exceptions and modifications set forth in this Ordinance. The addition of this text clarifies that these lots are allowed to utilize the previous lot size requirements of 10,000 square feet, 75 feet lot width, and 7.5 feet side setbacks, whereas new plats (after March 1, 2008), would need to be designed to meet 11,000 square feet, 85 feet lot width, and 10 feet side yard setbacks. As a part of this discussion, staff wants to confirm with the City Council its intention in relation to subdivisions that are eligible to proceed as "simple subdivisions", that is,