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Item No: 7 Meeting Date: Feb 16, 2005 Type of Business: Action City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: James Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Minor Subdivision of the Properties Located at 7618 Edgewood Drive and 7630 Woodlawn Drive; Mounds View Planning Case MI2005-002. Introduction: The owners and applicants, Marshal and Cindy Mills, have applied for a re-approval of a lot line adjustment between the properties they own at 7618 Edgewood Drive and 7630 Woodlawn Drive. The subdivision, which was originally approved by the City Council in January of 2002, would split off the rear 2,204 square feet of 7630 Woodlawn Drive and combine that 2,204 square feet with the property at 7618 Edgewood Drive. (Marshal and Cindy Mills own both properties.) The resulting area of the Woodlawn lot, improved with a duplex, would be 12,500 square feet, the minimum required for a duplex lot. The purpose of the land transfer is to create more space on the Edgewood Drive lot, improved with a four-plex, upon which to build garages and supplemental parking space. Currently the four plex does not provide any garage space, which is required under the provisions of Chapter 1121 of the Mounds View Zoning Code. 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) may be created by the adjustment. After the subdivision, both lots would comply with the area and setback requirements of their respective zoning districts. The land subdivided from the duplex lot (heretofore referred to as Lot 12) is of little use to that lot due to its configuration. Combining this area with the Edgewood Drive lot (heretofore referred to as Lot 20) would allow greater flexibility for the property owner who would like to construct garages in the future. Easements: There is an easement presently dedicated over the westernmost 10 feet of the Edgewood Drive parcel (Lot 20 on the survey), which protects an existing stormsewer. The subdivision would not alter this easement, as the stormsewer would not be impacted. The applicant intends at some point in the future to construct garages to service the four plex. The garages shall not be located within any current or proposed easement area. In addition, if it is determined necessary, the applicants shall be required to execute a limited use agreement to install an improved parking area over the stormsewer. The purpose of the agreement would be to document that the City not be liable for any damage done to the parking area or for any restoration in the event the parking lot is disturbed to service or repair the stormsewer.