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Item No: 5B Meeting Date: May 7, 2014 Type of Business: Planning Case City of Mounds View Staff Report To Mounds View Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Preliminary Plat for a proposed Major Subdivision at Longview Estates, 5173 Longview Drive; Planning Case MA2014-001 Introduction: Marty Harstad, representing Eichi, Inc. has submitted an application for a major subdivision of vacant land known as Longview Estates. This 7.14 acre parcel is on the west side of Longview Drive between County Road H2 and Woodale Drive. The proposed subdivision would create 10 buildable lots from the existing one lot. Discussion: The area identified as Longview Estates is currently zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. The proposed subdivision would be consistent with the existing zoning of the property. This parcel is designated as a wetland district; therefore the minimum size for these lots is 125 feet wide and 20,000 square feet. In 2010, the City Council approved a variance to allow reduced lots widths in this development area. All of the lots shown on the preliminary plat meet the 20,000 square foot requirement, but only two lots meet the 125 foot width requirement. Due to the amount of wetlands present on this parcel, the lots will be developed with the driveways accessing Longview Drive and very limited yard space. A boulder wall will be built along the entire length of the parcel, fairly close behind each of the homes, as a divider between the homes and the wetland. The City is being given a 42-foot wide outlot that runs next to Silver Lake Road for the full length of the entire 7-acre parcel. The City requested this outlot in order to prevent any further development from occurring in this area. There are uplands that will be dry in this area, and neither the City or Rice Creek Watershed District want the new property owners to build sheds, garages, play structures, etc. here because they will need to cross the wetlands to reach them. This leads to fill being brought in, doing landscaping or clearing of the growth in the wetland. There will also be a new pond that the City will be maintaining. Comprehensive Plan: The Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map designates the Longview Estates parcel and much of the surrounding area as single family detached housing. The proposed subdivision would be consistent with that designation, and with the residential goals and policies as articulated in the Land Use section of the Comprehensive Plan. The proposal would also be consistent with specific housing goals and policies articulated in the Comp Plan.