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; ;: , ..... , . ,, --- _..__ _ _. ;:, , , :. --- _•_ _... : .-- -- .. -- .. __ - - -- - - -- �--� 1 Item # 8 I — ;. . �: City of Mounds View Planning Commission Report Meeting Date: October 17, 2001 Title: CONSIDERATION OF A MINOR SUBDNISION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7841 SPRING LAKE ROAD; MOUNDS VIEW PLANNTNG CASE MI01-002. Introduction The applicant, Brian Diehl, is requesting approval of a minor subdivision to split off the rear 260 feet of his property to create a 33,773 square-foot buildable lot. Minor subdivisions are those divisions of land less khan two acres in size in which only one additional lot is created, The area of the proposed subdivision is zoned R-1, Single-Family Residential. The minimum lot size in this district is 11,000 square feet for an interior lot and 12,500 square feet For a comer lot. The proposed lot vvould not be located on a comer. The comprehensive plan designates this area as "single-family detached" and the surrounding lots are improved with single-family dwellings. The applicant has submitted a survey that describes the proposed subdivision. Discussion -_= The proposed lot would canform to lot size requirements established in the zoning code. The remaining lot after the subdivision wili exceed the minimum required in the Code. Both lots would comply with the minimum front arid rear setbacks of thirty feet. Easements are provided in a narrative included on the survey, but are not graphically depicted on the survey. The easements are proposed to be ten (10) feet on the east and west sides of each lo#, and five (5) feet on the north and west sides of each lot. A separate easement document will need to be recorded to actually dedicate the easements to the City. The main issue with this application is access. The proposed lot would have frontage on an unimproved section of Knollwaod Drive. According to the City Code, all lots must abut a publicly dedicated street that has received legal status as such. Curren#ly, this portion of Knollwood Drive is used as an additional access point for the Knollwood Green Town homes, which front on Caunty Highway 10. The access drive has a gate that restricts access to the drive and is not improved as the Code requires for City streets. The Public Works Foreman for the City has indicated that without an improved street, it would not be feasible to allow access to the property. City staff would not be able to remove snow from the end of the street without a cul-de-sac or a regulation width street. As shown on the site plan, Oakwood Drive is essentially a dead end.