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Item No: 5 Meeting Date: December 1, 2004 Type of Business: Commission Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Kristin Prososki, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Re-approval of a Minor Subdivision of 7656/7658 Silver Lake Road; Planning Case MI2004- 001 Introduction: Zach Dyab, representing the applicant RM Michaels Construction Inc., is requesting re-approval of a minor subdivision to convert the lot at 7656 Silver Lake Road into a zero-lot line subdivision. The lot would be divided down the middle and both lots would have frontage on Silver Lake Road This minor subdivision request was presented to the Planning Commission on February 19, 2003 and was approved by the Council on April 28, 2003. City Council Resolution 6002, which approved the minor subdivision, stated that, “The applicant shall record the deeds with Ramsey County no later than 60 days beyond Council approval…Failure to record the deeds shall render this subdivision approval null and void.” The applicant at that time, Rose Osbourne, failed to record the deeds and therefore the subdivision was not finalized. Mr. Dyab, who is now handling the case, is requesting re-approval of the same proposal and if approved, the City will record the deeds with Ramsey County. In addition to the minor subdivision, the lot was previously subdivided and rezoned to R-2, Single and Two Family Residential, in 2002 by Terry Martinson, the previous property owner. Minor subdivisions are those divisions of land less than two acres in size in which only one additional lot is created. Minor subdivisions do not require a public hearing and in contrast to a major subdivision, a certificate of survey rather than a plat is all that is needed to record the change with Ramsey County. The applicant has submitted the required certificate of survey that describes the proposed subdivision. Discussion: The property at 7656 Silver Lake Road is presently 27,060 square feet. The proposed subdivision would split off the north 66 feet of the lot from the south 66 feet. Both lots would have frontage on Silver Lake Road. The applicant has submitted a Certificate of Survey for the proposed subdivision that identifies the lots to be created as Parcel A and Parcel B. Zoning Requirements The lot has 132 feet of frontage on Silver Lake Road, 32 more feet that the minimum required. As shown on the attached site plan, the applicant is proposing to subdivide the parcel horizontally into to two equal halves of 66 feet. A twinhome was built on the property straddling the lot line as shown on the attached Certificate of Survey.