#10 - Berschens Minor Subdivision and Zoning Map Amendment

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Ms. Sophia Jensen April 29, 2025 Page 4 dated January 22, 2010 has not signed the zoning amendment application, the affirmation of sufficient interest, or the Application for Subdivision. b. The Commitment indicates that there is no mortgage on the Property. I require verification that no mortgages will be recorded against the Property prior to the recording of the Final Plat. 2. Application for Subdivision. The Application for Subdivision was submitted for Council action on March 19, 2025, and identifies the intent to split and combine certain parcels within the City of Lake Elmo for the purposes of estate planning. The Preliminary Plat purports to combine the currently horizontally-divided Parcels A and B, and then plat them into two vertical lots, Lot 1 and 2, of Block 2. The proposed Lot 1, Block 2, would be approximately 43 acres. The proposed Lot 2, Block 2, would be approximately 33 acres. Following the split and platting, only the resulting Lot 2, Block 2, will have access to 51st St. N. along the Northern perimeter of the Lot if no access easements are granted or declared by the applicants. The Preliminary Plat purports to combine Parcels C and D, and then plat them as Lots 1 and 2, of Block 1. The proposed Lot 1, Block 1, would be approximately 10 acres. The proposed Lot 2, Block 1, would be approximately 46 acres. a. The Application for Subdivision correlates with the Preliminary Plat. b. Jean Berschens has not signed the zoning amendment application, the affirmation of sufficient interest, or the Application for Subdivision, on behalf of the fee owner John A. Berschens Trust under Trust Agreement dated January 22, 2010. The Application for Subdivision includes a Zoning Map Amendment Application, which requests to rezone Parcel B from “Public Facilities” to “Rural Residential”. According to the City zoning map, Parcel B is zoned Public Facilities and the remainder of the Property is zoned Rural Residential. Public Facilities are addressed in Open Space Planned Unit Developments of the City Code (Article XVII). City Code states Rural Residents Districts are: [E]stablished for lands that have existing small-scale agricultural activity, as well as single-family residential dwellings. Future residential development may occur at a density of one dwelling unit per ten acres, or through the open- space preservation development process. These sites are expected to be served by on-site wastewater treatment facilities. Some limited agriculture-related businesses, such as wayside stands, are appropriate as interim uses for this district.