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• • • City Council January 27, 2003 Vancil Vacation This report is based on the following exhibits: 1.) General Location Map 2.) Letter from Dale Vancil, dated January 6, 2003. 3.) Sketch & Description Survey for Lot 2, Block 2, Pheasant Hills Preserve 4th Addition, by E.G. Rud Surveying, dated December 9, 2002. ANALYSIS Land Use & Zoning Location Guided Land Use Existing Zoning Site Low Density, Sewered Residential R -1X Residential Single Family Executive West 44 44 North `L " East 66 " South " The subject property is located in, and surrounded by, properties similarly guided and zoned. Also similar, the subject property and properties to the east of it all have large portions of their rear yards covered by drainage and utility easements, which protect a wetland area to their north. The easement area on the Vancil property, as noted on the final plat for Pheasant Hills Preserve 4th Addition, and defined by an upper threshold elevation of 902 feet (the 100 -year flood elevation), has been altered by grading at some point in the past. Existing site grading on the Vancil property, then, is different from what was indicated on the approved grading plan for the lot. Because the grading, and thus the elevations, on the lot have altered from the survey, the easement boundaries have also altered. Thus, there are areas on the lot, within the easement, which are now above the 902 -foot elevation threshold. Rice Creek Watershed has reviewed the final drainage plan for the site, and has approved the applicants plans for the proposed easement vacation, noting the following: • The low floor elevation of the proposed addition will be a minimum of two feet higher than the 100 -year flood elevation of the wetland. • The entire proposed project will take place within the area that has been sodded. Item 7C 2