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Pl anni ng & Zo ni n g B o ar d No vem b er 10 , 20 0 4 Page 2 Staff stated applicant has re quested approval of variances for required road frontage, m i ni m u m lot area, and m i ni m u m lot width to al low the division of the subject sites by an adm i nistrative m i nor subdivision. The com p re hensive plan guides both sites for Public/ Se m i -Public uses and is zoned PSP (Public/S em i-Public). The C ity granted sim ilar variances for parcel 20 in April of this year. Staff explained that Parcel 3 is located on the west side of Lake Pe ltier, running parallel but not adjacent to Main Stre et. This parcel has approxim a tely 2,650 feet of lake frontage, but does not have any road frontage. Th e proposed s ubdivisio n will result in the creation of two new parcels, Parcel A will be 3.70 2 acres and Parcel B will be .614 acres. Parcel A will be sold to Anoka County for parkland and Parcel B will be offered to adjacen t private prop erty owners. Parcel 21 is located on th e west side of Centerville Lake and has approxim a tely 1,850 feet of la ke frontage, but does not have any road frontage. Th is proposed subdivis i on will result in the creation of two new parcels, Parcel A will be 10 .014 acres and Parcel B will be 1.20 6 acres. Parcel A will be sold to Ano k a County for inclusion into the regional park and Parcel B will be sold to Anoka County for roadway purposes. Staff noted the m i ni m u m requirem e nts with in the PSP zoning district are 10 acres m i ni m u m lot area (unsewered) and 150 f eet m i nim u m lot width. In addition, the subdivision ordinance requires that “all lots shall have frontage on an im proved public street that provides the requi red lot width at the m i nim u m front yard setback.” The proposed m i nor subdivis i on will d i vide both lo ts into two, of which neith er will m e et these requirem e nts. Staff indicated that in co nsidering all request s for varian ce, th e City shall m a ke a findi ng of f act that: a. both sites are alm o st completely surrounded by the lake and the regional park reserve, and would not be able to be developed as usable parcels due to the lack of road frontage; b. the physical shape, location, and isolated nature of the par cels prevent use for anything other than park reserve or privat e lake access for adja cent property owners; c. econom ic considerations is not a m a jor f actor in this proposal , the intent is to m i ni m i ze the applicant’s lakeshore holdings for the future; d. there are very few other s ituations th at can be co mpar ed to this one. Land-locked parcels owned and operated alm o st exclusiv ely for public purposes would receive the sam e consideration; and e. the proposed m i nor subdivision s an d va rian ces provide add i tional public open space by adding land to the park reserve. APPR OVE D MINUTE S