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<br />Item No: 5B <br />Meeting Date: Sept. 21, 2005 <br />Type of Business: Commission Business <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: James Ericson, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Minor Subdivision of the Properties <br />Located at 8123 Pleasant View Court and 8117-8119 <br />Pleasant View Court; Mounds View Planning Case <br />MI2005-007. <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The owner and applicant, James Benson, has applied for an approval of a lot line adjustment <br />between the properties he owns at 8123 Pleasant View Court and 8117-8119 Pleasant View <br />Court. The subdivision would move the common lot line of 8123 Pleasant View Court <br />(heretofore referred to as Lot 9) south 33.80 feet to meet the most southeasterly corner of <br />8117-8119 Pleasant View Court (heretofore referred to as Lot 6). James Benson owns both <br />properties – he resides at 8123 Pleasant View Drive, and 8117-8119 is a duplex currently <br />being used as rental property. The purpose of the land transfer is to move the property line <br />to correspond with the corner of Lot 6, along with allowing more yard space for Lot 9. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />According to the Mounds View City Code, a minor subdivision is a division of land less than <br />two acres in area in which only one additional lot is created. The definition also includes lot <br />line adjustments, even though no new lots (such as with this request) may be created by the <br />adjustment. <br /> <br />After the subdivision, both lots would comply with the area and setback requirements of their <br />respective zoning districts. <br /> <br />Easements: There are 5-foot wide side lot line and 10 foot wide rear lot line easements <br />proposed over where the new lot line would be. There is no storm sewer along this property <br />line. <br /> <br />Zoning: Lot 6 (the duplex lot) is zoned R-2, Single & Two Family Residential; and Lot 9 is <br />zoned R-1, Single-Family Residential. While a zoning change is not required for this <br />subdivision, after the adjustment, the property at 8123 Pleasant View Court will exhibit both <br />R-2 and R-1 zoning designations. (A detached single-family house is permitted in an R-2 <br />district.) Staff would recommend that the next comprehensive rezoning undertaken in the <br />City include the slice of land divided from Lot 6. <br /> <br />Park Dedication Requirements: Every subdivision of land is ordinarily subject to park <br />dedication requirements. The City Council adopted Ordinance 745 last year however which <br />provided for some flexibility in determining what—if any—dedication would be required. <br />Because no new lots are created by this subdivision and no additional development would <br />occur, no dedication should be required.