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• <br />AGENDA ITEM 6.A. <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Paul Bengtson <br />C.C. MEETING DATE: July 27, 2009 <br />TOPIC: Resolution No. 09-52 — Approving a variance to the <br />Lot Area, Lot Width, and Road Frontage requirements <br />for Xcel Energy <br />BACKGROUND <br />Xcel Energy has requested approval of variances for required road frontage, minimum <br />lot area, minimum lot depth, and minimum lot width to allow the division of the subject <br />sites by a future administrative minor subdivision. The city granted similar variances for <br />St. Paul Regional Water Service parcels in 2004 and 2006. The intention of the <br />application is to allow the parcels to be divided in the future (via minor subdivision) and <br />sold to adjacent property owners for combination into existing parcels. <br />The existing transmission lines do not follow the property that is owned by Xcel exactly, <br />and therefore the company is returning the land to the adjacent property owners and is <br />receiving an updated easement in lieu. <br />• ANALYSIS <br />• <br />Comprehensive Plan, Land Use and Zoning:The table below identifies the existing <br />land use and zoning as well as guided land uses for the area. <br />Location <br />Existing Land Use <br />Guided Land Use <br />Existing <br />Zoning <br />R (Rural) <br />Subject <br />Vacant <br />Low Density Sewered Residential <br />North <br />Single Family <br />Low Density Unsewered Residential <br />R (Rural) <br />South <br />Single Family & <br />Agriculture <br />Medium Density Sewered <br />Residential & Low Density <br />Unsewered Residential <br />R (Rural)) <br />East <br />Single Family & <br />Agricultural <br />Medium Density Sewered <br />Residential <br />R (Rural) <br />West <br />Single Family <br />Low Density Unsewered Residential <br />R (Rural) <br />Lot Requirements: <br />The minimum requirements within the Rural zoning district include a 10 acre lot <br />minimum and 330 foot wide Tots. In addition, the subdivision ordinance requires that 'all <br />lots shall have frontage on an improved public street that provides the required lot width <br />at the minimum front yard setback'. <br />The proposed division will not meet any of these requirements, but the new lots will be <br />merged with existing Tots and therefore will only exist on paper and for a short period of <br />time. <br />