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Item No: 5A <br />Meeting Date: October 16, 2013 <br />Type of Business: Planning Case <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Minor Subdivision: Lot Line Change <br />between 3030 & 3032 County Road J; <br /> Planning Case MI2013-001 <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />John Engberg, owner of 3030 County Road J, has applied for a minor subdivision to adjust <br />the lot line between his property and his late mother’s property next door at 3032 County <br />Road J. The lot line change is not for development purposes or to create any additional lots, <br />but simply an extra 1,020 square feet of backyard area for the applicant. The applicant has <br />submitted a Certificate of Survey that shows the property line change. The property at 3032 <br />County Road J is now owned by the children of Mary Engberg and they have agreed to this <br />subdivision. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />A minor subdivision is ordinarily a division of land less than two acres in area in which no <br />more than one additional lot is created. Even though this particular request isn’t creating <br />additional lots, it is still processed as a minor subdivision. <br /> <br />The lot is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential and the Comprehensive Plan designates this <br />area for low density residential. The minimum lot width for interior residential parcels is 75 <br />feet and the minimum lot area is 11,000 square feet, and corner lots must be a minimum of <br />100 feet wide and 12,500 square feet. Below is a table which shows the rear dimensions for <br />the parcels before and as a result of the proposed adjustment (the front dimensions won’t be <br />changing): <br /> <br /> Before <br />Area Sq. Feet <br />After <br />Area Sq. feet <br />Mary Engberg lot <br />Parcel A <br />28,059 square feet <br />Rear width 120.86 feet <br />27,039 square feet <br />Rear width 100.01 feet <br />John Engberg lot <br />Parcel B <br />23,673 square feet <br />Rear width 108.86 feet <br />24,693 square feet <br />Rear width 112.01 feet <br /> <br />As this table shows, the proposed lots still exceed all city standards. <br /> <br />Park Dedication Requirements. <br />Subdivisions of land are subject to park dedication requirements consistent with Chapter 1204 <br />of the City Code. When the subdivided parcels are not going to be developed, Staff typically <br />recommends that the park dedication fee not be required. Since there will be no additional <br />development on the lots, staff is recommending that the park dedication fee not be required.