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4 REQUEST DETAILS The City of Lake Elmo has received a request from Frisbie Properties LLC (the property owners), for a minor subdivision to divide their parcel of the Brookman 3rd Addition into two lots. The purpose of the proposed minor subdivision is to facilitate the creation of two separate lots for future proposed townhomes and a daycare facility on each respective lot. The proposed minor subdivision would create a 2-acre lot on the south end of the parcel for the future daycare and a 3.01-acre lot on the north half of the parcel for future townhomes. No grading or tree removal is proposed with this plat. The City’s Subdivision regulations allow for certain major subdivision procedures and requirements to be waived for when platting when no more than four lots are being created, when no new public infrastructure or rights-of-way or streets are necessary and when the proposed lots meet the minimum road frontage and area requirements of the underlying zoning. This is known as a “minor subdivision” under the ordinance. The minor subdivision process allows for concurrent review and approval of a preliminary and final plat. The proposed minor subdivision does not require any new public infrastructure or any new public streets as those improvements are in place. Each of the lots the minor subdivision would create exceed the village mixed use zoning requirements concerning lot size and lot frontage (20,000 square feet and 100 feet respectfully). As such, the proposed plat meets all the City requirements for a minor subdivision. There are exiting drainage and utility easements on the perimeter of the existing lot being subdivided. Those will remain in place. New drainage and utility easements will be dedicated with the new plat along the newly created common lot line. The City Attorney has provided a Plat Opinion. Many of the items have been addressed. However the is one minor change needed before the plat is approved for recording. The City Engineer has provided comments regarding future driveway access, drainage and utility easements, and the need for additional right-of-way on Wildflower. A verification from the City Engineer that those items have been resolved is needed. Addressing those items are a condition of approval and need to be done prior to the City releasing the final plat document. Comments from the Landscape Architect and Fire Chief relate to future development and are not specific to the proposed subdivision. DRAFT FINDINGS Staff and the Planning Commission are recommending that the City Council consider the following findings with regards to the proposed Lot 3, Block 2 Brookman 3rd Addition minor subdivision: • That the Brookman 3rd Addition minor subdivision is consistent with the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan and the Future Land Use Map for this area. • That the Brookman 3rd Addition minor subdivision is consistent with the future development plans of the area and with the standards of the City’s V-MX – Village Mixed Use zoning district including lot width and minimum lot area. • That the Brookman 3rd Addition minor subdivision meets the requirements of the City’s subdivision ordinance and specifically the requirements concerning exceptions to platting.