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Item No: 7K Meeting Date: January 9, 2006 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review : _________ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Minor Subdivision of 8140 Long Lake Road; Planning Case MI2005-008 Introduction: Dan Behnken and Tim Lundgren have applied for a minor subdivision of the property located at 8140 Long Lake Road. The applicants are proposing to divide the east 229.7 feet from the west 298 feet. Minor subdivisions are those divisions of land less than two acres in size in which only one additional lot is created. Minor subdivisions do not require a public hearing and in contrast to a major subdivision, a Certificate of Survey rather than a plat is all that is needed to record the change with Ramsey County. The Planning Commission reviewed this request on December 21, 2005 and recommended approval of the minor subdivision on the basis that it satisfied all criteria and code requirements. The new lot being created abuts unimproved right-of-way along the west property line and is not technically landlocked. Discussion: The property at 8140 Long Lake Road is presently 66,466 square feet, or 1.53 acres. The proposed subdivision would split off the east 229.7 feet of the lot from the west 298 feet. The existing home would remain on the east lot (Parcel A) and the west lot (Parcel B) could eventually be joined with adjacent properties as part of a future redevelopment. The applicants have submitted a Certificate of Survey for the proposed subdivision, which identifies the lot to be created as Parcel A and the remainder lot as Parcel B. Zoning Requirements The subject property is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. The minimum lot size for an interior (a lot which is not on a corner), single-family lot is 11,000 square feet. As proposed, Parcel A would have an area of 28,132 square feet and Parcel B would have an area of 38,334 square feet. The existing lot has 143 feet of frontage on Long Lake Road, which is 68 feet more than the minimum requirement of 75 feet for a single-family residential property. The subdivision, as proposed, would appear to leave Parcel B land locked, however it does have unimproved right- of-way along the west property line. The applicants are proposing to use Parcel B as part of a possible larger redevelopment project and at that time Parcel B would front right-of-way. Parcel A will remain zoned R-1, Single Family Residential and Parcel B will also be zoned R-1, as indicated in the comprehensive plan.