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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4500 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231.2555 Facsimile: 763.231.2561 planners@nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: August 6, 2009 RE: Little Canada -Code Amendment for Lots of Record and Simple Subdivision FILE NO: 758.10 - 09.06 Background and Analysis Two housekeeping amendments to the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances are proposed to clarify the status and zoning requirements of lots of record, and the process for allowing "simple subdivisions", especially when a simple lot line adjustment is proposed. The first amendment adds the phrase "existing lots of record" to the R-1 zoning district lot size standards section that was changed to refer to lots that have received "preliminary plat" approval. Because there are a number of existing lots that were subdivided years ago by metes and bounds (rather than platting), the change proposed clarifies that those previously existing lots are included in the original R-1 lot size requirements. That section will read as follows: 905.050. LOT REQUIREMENTS AND SETBACKS. For existinglots of record 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 second amendment is to the Subdivision Ordinance relating to administrative approvals for subdivisions that consist of lot combinations or "simple subdivisions" in which only one additional lot is being created or a lot line location is being adjusted. The change is to add the language "simple subdivision" to the existing text to clarify when this section is being used. The section will read as follows: