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Item No: 5A ne 16, 2010 <br /> <br />Item No: 5A <br />Meeting Date: June 16, 2010 <br />Type of Business: Public Hearing <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Variance for Reduced Lot Sizes in a Wetland <br />District at Longview Estates, PIN 07-30-23-42-0066; <br /> Planning Case VR2010-0003 <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The applicant and property owner, Eichi, Inc. (represented by Paul Harstad), wants to <br />subdivide a 7.14-acre parcel into single-family lots that would all front Longview Drive. This <br />property is located in a wetland district. The City requires properties in wetland districts to be a <br />minimum of 125 feet wide and 20,000 square feet in area. These standards are larger than <br />the lot size requirements for properties in non-wetland districts. Mr. Harstad is requesting a <br />variance to allow for reduced lot widths in order to subdivide the frontage on Longview Drive <br />into 10 lots. Without a variance, the owner could subdivide the property into a maximum of <br />eight lots fronting Longview Drive. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />City Code Chapter 1010 has the Mounds View Wetlands Zoning Regulations: <br /> <br />1010.07 <br /> <br /> a. Rationale for Density Standards: The following regulations are required to control the <br />density of development in wetland zoning districts. The purpose of controlling <br />development density is to reduce the financial burdens imposed on the community <br />through rescue and relief efforts occasioned by the occupancy or use of areas subject to <br />periodic flooding, to minimize loss of life, property damage and the losses and risks <br />associated with flood conditions and to minimize the detrimental effects of urbanization <br />on the wildlife habitat, water quality enhancement, recreational and aesthetic values of <br />wetlands. <br /> <br /> (1) Minimum Lot Size: Twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. <br /> <br /> (2) Minimum Lot Width: One hundred twenty five feet (125') as measured at the <br />building setback line. <br /> <br /> (3) Building Setback: <br /> <br /> (a) All buildings, including accessory buildings, as defined in Title 1100 of this <br />Code, shall be set back at least one hundred feet (100') from the wetland, except <br />as allowed by an approved wetland alteration permit or approved wetland buffer <br />permit as provided in Section 1010.08. (Ord. 602, 8-25-97)