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Item 7 City of Mounds View Planning Commission Report Meeting Date: February 19, 2003 Title: DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF A MINOR SUBDIVISION REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7656 SILVER LAKE ROAD (MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING CASE MI03-001) Introduction Rose Osbourne, representing the applicant RM Michaels Construction Inc., is requesting approval of a minor subdivision to convert the lot at 7656 Silver Lake Road into a zero-lot line subdivision. The lot was previously subdivided and rezoned to R-2, Single and Two Family Residential, last year 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 which describes the proposed subdivision. Discussion 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 would be built on the property straddling the lot line as shown on the attached Certificate of Survey. Both lots created by the subdivision would conform to the minimum lot size requirements and setbacks as established in the zoning code. Easements are shown on the survey—these are easements that have already been dedicated from the previous subdivision. No further dedication of easements is necessary. Park Dedication. This subdivision is subject to a park dedication fee even though a park dedication of $2,110 was paid for this subdivision in 2002. The City Code requires that any time a subdivision occurs on land having previously paid a park dedication fee, the original fee shall be deducted from the present park dedication fee calculation. In essence, the applicant will be responsible for the difference between what was paid in 2002 and 5% of the 2003 land value as established by the Ramsey County Assessors office. Staff has not yet contacted Ramsey County as to the 2003 land value, however that would be established prior to Council action. Recording Requirements. If the certificate of survey is approved by the Council, the subdivider shall, within sixty (60) days, record a deed conforming to the terms of the Council’s approval of the subdivision with Ramsey County, and within ten (10) days of recording, the subdivider shall furnish the City with a reproducible copy of the deed showing evidence of the recording; otherwise, the approval of