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COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 26, 2004 APPROVED 1 City Planner Smyser indicated there was an error in the Staff Report, and that the Planning and 2 Zoning Commission had actually recommended denial of the variances, not approval. 3 4 City Planner Smyser stated Martha Houle and John DeHaven have submitted a request for variances 5 from requirements for minimum lot area and lot width. Their property at 1612 Birch St. comprises 6 15 acres. They wish to divide the property into two parcels. This would be a minor subdivision and 7 does not require public review; it is done administratively. However, the subdivision proposal does 8 not meet lot dimension requirements. The property owners have requested the variances from those 9 requirements. 10 11 City Planner Smyser stated the site is in a stage 2 growth area, which is intended for development 12 after year 2010. The site is not in the current MUSA, and the site is zoned Rural. In the Rural zoning 13 district the following requirements apply: the minimum lot area (unsewered lot) is 10 acres; the 14 minimum lot width is 330 feet. 15 16 City Planner Smyser stated the intent of the staged growth area is to guide land for future 17 development, but to prevent it from being subdivided so as to interfere with future development. He 18 stated the comprehensive plan and the zoning ordinance require the ten acres for rural areas. He 19 stated a rural clustering alternative is offered for areas outside of the staged growth areas, but it 20 specifically prohibited within staged growth areas. The other Rural zone option, a one -acre lot, 21 applies only where a habitable single family home existed prior to 1992. The building permit for the 22 existing house was issued in 1998. 23 24 City Planner Smyser stated the property was 40 acres at that time. In 2000, the City Council 25 approved a minor subdivision to split the 40 acres into the present two parcels of 15 and 25 acres. 26 27 City Planner Smyser stated that City Staff is recommending approval of Resolution 04 -51, denying 28 the variances. 29 30 Councilmember Carlson asked what the vote was at the Planning and Zoning Commission. 31 32 City Planner Smyser indicated it was unanimous. 33 34 The Council discussed this item. 35 36 Councilmember Reinert made a motion to adopt Resolution 04 -51, Denying Variances from Lot Area 37 and Lot Width Requirements for 1612 Birch St. Mayor Bergeson seconded the motion. 38 39 Motion carried unanimously. 40 41 Resolution No. 04 -51 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 42 43 E. Consideration of Resolution No. 04 -49, Approving Lake Drive/I -35W Interchange Study, 44 Michael Grochala 45 7