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AGENDA ITEM 7 A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser C. C. MEETING DATE: October 27, 2003 TOPIC: Resolution 03-184 • Preliminary Plat • Variances for Lot Depth Lakeview Estates, SE Corner Elm St. & Lakeview Drive Gerald Schultz VOTE NEEDED: 3/5 BACKGROUND Mr. Gerald Schultz of 7180 Lakeview Drive has requested approval of the Lakeview Estates preliminary plat. This project involves redevelopment of an existing residential lot in the Lexington Park Lakeview neighborhood. This was made possible by the installation of public utilities in Elm St. and the amendment of the comprehensive plan (approved by the City in May 2003) that brought the property • into the MUSA. The proposed plat would subdivide Mr. Schultz's existing lot to create two additional house lots. The existing home would remain on a lot of its own. The result is three lots instead of one. • To accommodate the development proposal, the following approvals are necessary: 1. Preliminary plat 2. Variance for lot depth: 124.7' instead of 135' Because this plat involves the redevelopment of an existing lot within an existing neighborhood, the standard approaches to reviewing the project don't apply in the same way as for a new plat in an undeveloped area. ANALYSIS Comprehensive Plan, Land Use and Zoning: The site is within a Stage 1 (pre -2010) growth area. It is in area that was added to the Low Density Sewered Residential area and MUSA by a comprehensive plan amendment that was approved earlier this year. Prior to the amendment, the Elm St. corridor had an irregular mix of MUSA, non-MUSA, sewered, and unsewered designations. The Schultz property was outside the MUSA and guided unsewered. It is now in the MUSA and guided Low Density Sewered Residential. This allows for three units per acre. Calculating density is problematic for this site. Typically, when an undeveloped area is platted, the total land area except for the wetlands is used to calculate density. This would include all new street rights of