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Item No: 9D Meeting Date: August 25, 2003 Type of Business: Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor And City Council From: James Ericson, Acting City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Resolution 6073 Authorizing a Minor Subdivision of 8450 Knollwood Drive; Planning Case MI03-002 Introduction: George and Patricia Grone, property owners of the 1.28-acre lot located at 8430 Knollwood Drive, have requested a minor subdivision of their property. The subdivision would create one large lot immediately south of their existing home. A minor subdivision is a division of land less than two acres in area in which only one additional lot is created. The lot is zoned R-1, Single Family residential and the minimum lot size is 11,000. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area for low density residential. The property owners have submitted a Registered Land Survey (RLS) to effectuate the division. Discussion: The Grone property is 55,700 square feet, or, 1.28 acres. There is 276.25 feet of frontage on Knollwood Drive and the lot could potentially be split into three lots. The proposed subdivision however would create only one large lot south of the Grone’s home. The new lot would be 37,125 square feet, leaving 18,575 square feet for the improved lot. The area south of the Grone’s home is not maintained and is covered with dense growth and mature trees. The proposed lot would satisfy all minimum zoning requirements for a single-family residential lot. Staff has forwarded copies of the RLS to the engineering technician, public works director and City Attorney for their review. The City Attorney will also need to review a Title Commitment for the property to ensure all parties having an interest in the property are represented on the RLS. Park Dedication Requirements. Every subdivision of land is subject to park dedication requirements. Because the subdivision is less than 2 acres in area, the fee is 5% of the land’s market value, less the value of the land where the house sits. Rather than require an appraisal for every subdivision, staff typically uses the assessment valuations available through Ramsey County. According to the County, the land has a value of $82,900. On a per square foot basis, the value is approximately $1.49. Subtracting out the land under the existing home leaves 37,125 square feet, multiplied by the $1.49 per square foot value results in a new lot value of $55,260. Five percent of that valuation amounts to $2,763. This fee has already been submitted to the City and will be held pending approval of the subdivision.