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PLANNING REPORT northwest associated consultants, inc. TO: Little Canada Mayor and City Council FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: 5 June 1985 RE: DeBace /Zilge Subdivision FILE NO: 758.09 - 85.19 WW1 al JUN 6 1935 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA BACKGROUND Mr. Robert DeBace and Mr. Robert Zilge have proposed the subdivision of their property along Country Drive into four lots. The Council has required the developers to;,plat the property. The location is illustrated on Exhibit A. The proposed plat is attached as Exhibit B. ANALYSIS The plat consists of four lots, each in excess of the ordinance minimum of 20,000 square feet of lot area. However, Lot 4 has no direct street frontage, and as such, does not conform to that Subdivision Ordinance requirement. Mr. DeBace, who also owns the Outlot D to the north, proposes to cover Lot 4 and Outlot D under a Planned Unit Development to assure proper access to Lot 4. The developer indicates that the tenant on Outlot D wishes to expand and may be interested in leasing Lot 4 and then purchasing it in the future. Under this arrangement, the preference would be for the two parcels to be combined. The developer has stated, however, that this is difficult to do as Outlot D has a mortgage against it. As such a PUD agreement may be utilized provided the proper conditions are niet. Specifically, we would recommend that if PUD is used, a requirement of the agreement be that once the current mortgages are paid, the lots be combined at that tine. Thus, while the mortgage is in place, the lots will exist as two separate lots functioning as one. Then when the encumbrance is lifted the lots will be combined, eliminating the "administrative" lot line. Such an arrangement would provide the City with the protection that the lot(s) would always have to function together, rather than merely allowing two unrelated uses to occupy one lot. 4820 minnetonka oIvd. mirneaJ N S, mn, sre 200 55416 (6121925 -9420