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, .. , .. . _, ..-- --_= =- -- --•.- - :-... _ _ _ __. .. _... - ----- _. ' i Item # 6 City of Mounds View Planning Commission Report Meeting Date: November 7, 2401 Title: CONSIDERATION �F A MINOR SUBDNISION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7841 SPRING LAKE ROAD; MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING 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 30,474 square-foot buildable lot. Minor subdivisions are those divisions of land less than 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. The coxnprehensive plan designates tlus area as "single-family detached" and the majority of surrounding lots are improved with single- family dwellings. The Knollwood Green Townhomes are located to the north east of the subject property. The applicant has submitted a survey that describes the proposed subdivision. Discussion �. 1 - The two (2) proposed lots after the subdivision would conform to the lot size and setback requirements established in the zoning code. The proposed easements are described on the survey and are proposed to be ten (10) feet on the east and west sides of each lot, and five (5} feet on the north and south sides of each lot. A separate easement document will need to be recorded with Ramsey County upon approval of the subdivision. The main issue with this application is access, because the proposed lot would only have frontage on an unimproved section of Knollwood Drive. According to the City Code, all lots must abut a publicly dedicated street that has received legal status as such. Currently, ihis portion of Knollwood Drive is used as an additional access point for the Knollwood Green Townhomes, which front on County Highway 1 Q. The access drive has a gate that restricts access to the drive and is not improved as the Code requ�res for City streets. The applicani appeared before the Planning Commission on October 17, 2001. The Planning Commission was uncomfortable with allowing a lot to have the only access point on an unimproved driveway. They did, however, feel that the applicant could dedicate a portion of the lot for a future cul-de-sac at the end of Oakwood Drive. The cul-de-sac would provide access to the subject property as well as to the property to the south. The applicant has revised the Certificate of Survey to show a right-of-way dedication that meets City Code requirements regarding turning radius. Staff recommends that the cul-de-sac not be improved until such time as the property to the south is subdivided.