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City Council Meeting Lindahl Minor Subdivision & Variance October 14, 2002 Minimum Lot Requirements Size: the minimum lot size for property in a Rural zone is ten acres. Proposed Tract A would meet this requirement, with the balance of the property, Tract B, consisting of the one -acre parcel containing the existing homestead buildings, as allowed under Section 3, subd.3.A.2.b.2. Width: the minimum lot width for property in a Rural zone is 330 feet. The existing property only has 611 feet of frontage along County "J" (Ash Street). As such, the property cannot be subdivided and meet the required minimum frontage for both lots. Tract A is an irregularly shaped ("C-shaped") lot that does meet the minimum lot width requirements, although it is not contiguous width/road frontage. Rather, the lot wraps around the one acre parcel, with 269 feet to the west of the one acre parcel and 188 feet to the east of the one acre parcel. Tract B is being created under the homestead clause, as noted above, which allows property of a size under the minimum requirements. As a result, Tract B, measuring 155 feet in width, does not conform to minimum width requirements, and the applicant is asking for a Variance. Even if the applicant had the required 330 feet of lot width, the allowable one -acre parcel would then only provide a lot depth of 132 feet. The typical minimum lot depth is 135 feet for residential lots. Buildable Area Lino Lakes City Ordinance Section 3, subd. 3.B.l.b requires parcels requiring a minimum of 10 acres or more to have a minimum of 20% upland area. Both parcels meet this requirement, with Tract A containing four acres of upland (this upland exists as "islands" among wetland areas), and Tract B almost entirely composed of upland. Septic Issues Soils tests confirm that the proposed 10 -acre parcel is capable of accommodating a septic system. In addition, there is adequate room for both primary and secondary sites. The one -acre parcel already contains a septic system, with adequate room for a secondary site. Access Issues The existing 11 -acre parcel contains a second driveway, not used by the Lindahls but existing on their property, which is the sole source of access for the neighboring property to the west, at 815 Ash Street. Without this driveway, the property at 815 would be landlocked, with no access out to Ash Street or any other road. The minor subdivision approved in 1997, which created the parcels at 815 and 855 Ash Street, required an easement agreement be drawn up for this driveway. This agreement was approved by the 3