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AGENDA ITEM 6.A. <br /> 46 <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 /> 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 Existing Land Use Guided Land Use Existing <br /> Zoning <br /> Subject Vacant Low Density Sewered Residential R Rural <br /> North Single Family Low Density Unsewered Residential R Rural <br /> South Single Family & Medium Density Sewered R (Rural)) <br /> Agriculture Residential & Low Density <br /> Unsewered Residential <br /> East Single Family & Medium Density Sewered R (Rural) <br /> A ricultural Residential <br /> West Single Family Low Density Unsewered Residential 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 lots. 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 lots and therefore will only exist on paper and for a short period of <br /> time. <br />