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Item No: 9A Meeting Date: February 28, 2005 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review : ________ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View City Council From: Kristin Prososki, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Lot Line Adjustment (Minor Subdivision) Between 3008 and 3016 County Road J; Planning Case MI2005-001 Introduction: Joseph Holmberg, property owner of 3008 County Road J, has applied for a lot line adjustment (Minor Subdivision) for the west property line shared with 3016 County Road J. The driveway leading to the home located at 3008 County Road J was once a shared driveway between 3008 and 3024 County Road J. 3024 County Road J was subdivided at some point and the lot at 3016 County Road J was created. 3016 County Road J is currently a vacant lot. The majority of the driveway for 3008 County Road J is located across the west property line on 3016 County Road J. The owner of 3016 County Road J has agreed to sell Mr. Holmberg a 15 foot wide section of land that is 155 feet long. The driveway would then be located on 3008 County Road J. (See attached survey.) The applicant is requesting the lot line adjustment to make the driveway meet the required setbacks in order t o sell the property. The Planning Commission reviewed this proposal on Wednesday, February 16, 2005. Planning Commission Resolution 785-05, which recommends approval of the minor subdivision request, is attached for Council review. Discussion: According to the Mounds View City Code, a minor subdivision is a division of land less than two acres in area in which only one additional lot is created. The definition also includes lot line adjustments, even though no new lots (such as with this request) will be created by the adjustment. 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. Both lots are zoned R-1, Single Family residential and the minimum lot size for an interior lot (which both properties are) is 11,000 square feet. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area for low density residential. The parcel located at 3008 County Road J is currently 27,335 square feet. The proposed lot line adjustment would add an additional 2,325 feet to the property, bringing it to 29,660 square feet. The adjoining property, owned by Gary Meyer, is currently 25,470 square feet and would be decreased to 23,145 square feet, more than double of the minimum requirement for an interior lot. After the adjustment, the shared lot line would be shifted 15 feet closer to 3016 County Road J for the north 155 feet of the property line and will remain the same for the south 81 feet of the shared property line. (See attached survey.) The Zoning Code requires that interior lots have a minimum o f 75 feet of street frontage. 3008 County Road J currently has 116 feet of frontage and if the lot line adjustment is approved as presented, the property will have a frontage of 131 feet. 3016 County Road J currently has a frontage of 108 feet and which would be reduced to 93 feet, if subdivided. Both lots meet the minimum frontage and square footage requirements for interior lots.