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Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc. U R B A N P L A N N I N G • D E S I G N • M A R K E T R E S E A R C H PLANNING REPORT TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: 9 October 1990 RE: Little Canada - Murphy /DuCharme Lot Split /Variance FILE N0: 758.09 - 90.65 BACKGROUND Mr. Timothy Murphy has applied for a subdivision and variance to allow a new lot to be located along a private road which accesses County Road B -2. The private road follows a 30 foot wide driveway easement to two existing single family structures. The driveway easement is approximately 850 feet in length to the initial point of buildable property. Development on parcels which have less than the fully improved public right -of -way involves policy issues which the City has handled on a case by case basis. Two recent cases which have addressed some of these issues would be the Liebel Addition plat and the Tom Stewart subdivision. Neither of those are entirely similar to the current proposal but reference is made to allow more consistent development review. ANALYSIS The Murphy application involves the creation of a new parcel on an established paved, private road. The Liebel project involved resubdivision of a parcel of record to allow substandard frontage (effectively a shorter private road). This project was approved as a plat. The Stewart project, which was denied, involved a new parcel with adequate size but on a substandard public roadway. The Murphy residence would hook up to public sanitary sewer, however, City water is currently not available in the area. There is no possibility for full public street in the area. In this way, the case is more like the Liebel project than the Stewart project. The lot would be approximately 95 feet in width and approximately three - quarters of an acre in acre, all in 4601 Excelsior Blvd. • Suite 410 • Minneapolis, MN 55416 • (612) 925 -9420 • Fax 925°2721 Page 53