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• • AGENDA ITEM V. B STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser P & Z MEETING DATE: June 13, 2001 TOPIC: Minor Subdivision, xxx 20th Ave. SW 1/4 Section 1 Brian Iverson BACKGROUND The application is to remove a portion of land from one parcel and attach it to the adjacent parcel. That is, the action will move the lot line ten feet. The existing property line follows the 14 1/4 section line. The application is to move that property line ten feet to the east. The reason is to increase the size of the western parcel to make it a full 20 acres. The applicant has a buyer for the parcel (Parcel B) who wants a full 20 acres. In addition, the action would combine into the eastern parcel a narrow strip of land along I -35E which currently is a separate tax parcel. All of the land involved is under the same ownership. Currently, a private driveway easement runs along the northern edge of the existing western parcel and part of the eastern parcel. The proposed minor subdivision would replace the existing driveway easement with a 66' access easement. This will ensure that Parcel A will continue to have access to 20th Ave. Both the existing driveway easement and the proposed access easement are private easements, not City roads. If the applicant intends the new easement to be a future public roadway, that would have to be analyzed in the future. The City has no plans for a road in that location and there is no intent to convey a road to the City at this time. The new easement does not obligate the City in any way. Though the City's subdivision regulations require all lots to have full frontage on a public street, the existing eastern parcel does not have frontage now. The proposed minor subdivision will not alter this situation, it simply increases the size of the driveway access easement. Any future subdivisions that create new lots will be required to have the full frontage on a public street. The area is guided for long -term rural use. The City has no plan to extend utilities to this area. Any platting would have to be at a maximum density of one lot per 10 acres. No plat approval is being requested.