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Mounds View Planning Commission June 16, 1999 Regular Meeting Page 4 • MOTION/SECOND: Laube/Peterson to adopt Resolution 581-99, a Resolution Recommending Approval of a Conditional Use Permit for Outdoor Produce Sales at Moundsview Square,Requested by Merryville Farm Market; Planning Case No. 554-99, as corrected and amended. Ayes—6 Nays—0 The motion carried. 6. Planning Case No. 557-99 Property Involved: 7690/7692 Silver Lake Road Consideration of a minor subdivision Applicant: Meiho Lee The applicant was not present. Planning Associate Ericson gave the staff report as follows: The applicant,Meiho Lee, is requesting City approval of a minor subdivision to create two lots from her property located at 7690/7692 Silver Lake Road. The City's subdivision regulations allow for approval of a surveyor's certificate in these situations, however, a more complex and detailed full plat • may be substituted. This property, located at the southwest corner of County Road I and Silver Lake Road,currently has 202 feet of frontage on County Road I and 116 feet along Silver Lake Road. There is a twin home existing on the lot that takes access from Silver Lake Road. The applicant proposes to split off an irregular portion of land from the west half of the existing lot to create a new, 12,500 square-foot lot with 102 feet of frontage on County Road I. The dimension of both of these lots, as shown on the survey, would meet the City's minimum requirements as specified in Chapter 1104 of the Zoning Code. Ericson presented staff's analysis, noting that the lot is 25,450 square feet in area, which is enough land area to be subdivided pursuant to the City Code requirement of 12,500 square feet per R-2 lot. He stated that a problem exists in that, in an effort to obtain the minimum land area for the lot, and maintain the setbacks and the 100 foot lot width requirements, the proposed subdivision is rather irregular in shape, which does not lend itself well to an easy legal description. He stated that the applicant, under advisement of her surveyor, has proposed to replat the property which would eliminate the need for a confusing legal description, and result in a more simple lot and block description of the proposed subdivision. Ericson noted that the Land Development section of the Comprehensive Plan discourages the approval of any subdivision creating"flag lots" or other irregular lots. He noted that the proposed subdivision, while it is irregular, is not a flag lot. Ericson noted that there were drainage issues. He stated that a pond exists, as indicated on the Certificate of Survey, which remains throughout the year, and that at times of rain, the pond tends to spread and cover a significant area of the backyards, as well as a property with an existing twin home . to the south. He stated that the property owner to the south has been pumping water out onto County Road Ito relieve the flooding which has been a long standing problem. He indicated that staff was concerned about the possibility of flooding, not only in the backyards, but the possibility of water