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Item No: 7B Meeting Date: August 13, 2007 Type of Business: PH & CB Administrator Review : ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Jim Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Major Subdivision of 8184 Eastwood Road; Planning Case MA2007-002 Introduction: Abiding Savior Lutheran Church (the “Church”) is the owner of 8184 Eastwood Road, a 50,965 square foot residential parcel improved with a one-story home and attached single- stall garage. The parcel is adjacent to the Church’s 6.31 acre tract of land addressed at 8211 Red Oak Drive. The Church has submitted a major subdivision application to split the home and 16,025 square feet of the Eastwood Road parcel, attaching the remaining 34,940 square feet to the larger Church property located at 8211 Red Oak Drive. As a result of the proposed subdivision, the total acreage of the Red Oak Drive parcel would increase from 6.31 acres to 7.12 acres. The Church has previously expressed a desire to develop a senior residential facility on the property, however the requested subdivision does nothing to further this goal. (A subsequent major subdivision would be required, among other planning actions, to proceed with such a development.) The Church intends to sell the home on Eastwood Road upon approval of the requested subdivision. The Church has submitted a preliminary plat and final plat which illustrates the proposed subdivision of 8184 Eastwood Road and has submitted the necessary title commitment which has been forwarded to the City Attorney for review. Previously: In December of last year, the Church requested approval of a minor subdivision of the property located at 8184 Eastwood Road. The City Council ultimately denied the request finding that the proposal could not be considered a minor subdivision due to the acreage involved. The Council’s resolution of denial was approved on February 12, 2007. Discussion: A major subdivision is a division of land involving more than two acres of land area or one that creates more than two lots. In this case, the affected area totals approximately 7.49 acres and involves two parcels—8211 Red Oak Drive and 8184 Eastwood Road. Major subdivisions are accomplished by a plat, usually a two-step process by which a preliminary plat is considered followed afterward by a final plat. Major subdivisions require a public hearing. Both parcels are zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. The Comprehensive Plan designates the Eastwood Road parcel as Single-Family Detached while the Red Oak Drive parcel is designated Institutional, in recognition of the existing Church facility. The land added to the Red Oak Drive parcel would not be able to be built upon by the Church except through approval of a Comprehensive Plan amendment.