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• • • AGENDA ITEM V. A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser P & Z MEETING DATE: November 14, 2001 TOPIC: Minor Subdivision, NE 1/4 NE 1/a of Section 9 Willard Morton BACKGROUND Mr. Willard Morton's firm, SSR & W Development, LLC, owns property in Lino Lakes. The SSR & W property includes 80+ acres in Section 9. The application is to split off 11 acres from an existing 40 -acres parcel, and combine the new 11 -acre piece with a one - acre strip that connects to Main St. SSR & W would then sell the new lot to allow for a new home site. Staff understands that Mr. Brad Racutt wants to buy the property and build a new home. The application raises numerous important issues regarding implementation of the long - range plan for the City, as represented in the 2001 comprehensive plan. ANALYSIS The land use and zoning are shown in the following table. The comprehensive plan guides the site for low density sewered residential development. That is, the long -range plan for the site and much of its immediate area is to serve it with utilities to allow for residential development. It is in a stage 2 area, so utilities will not be available until after year 2010. It is important to protect the long -range plan by ensuring the ability to serve future development with appropriate services. This includes road access and circulation as well as utilities. There is a conceptual greenway indicated over much of the area. A greenway is an area that may be appropriate as protected open space because of environmental features. Greenways are conceptual because creating them is opportunity based: short of actually Existing Land Use Map New Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map Zoning Rural site Rural Low Dens. Sewered, post -2010 north Rural Low Density Unsewered Rural east Rural Low Dens. Sewered, post -2010 Rural south Rural Low Density Unsewered Rural west Rural Low Dens. Sewered, post -2010 Rural The comprehensive plan guides the site for low density sewered residential development. That is, the long -range plan for the site and much of its immediate area is to serve it with utilities to allow for residential development. It is in a stage 2 area, so utilities will not be available until after year 2010. It is important to protect the long -range plan by ensuring the ability to serve future development with appropriate services. This includes road access and circulation as well as utilities. There is a conceptual greenway indicated over much of the area. A greenway is an area that may be appropriate as protected open space because of environmental features. Greenways are conceptual because creating them is opportunity based: short of actually