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Item No: 6 Meeting Date: July 16, 2003 Type of Business: Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: James Ericson, Acting City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Minor Subdivision of 8430 Knollwood Drive; Planning Case MI03-002 Introduction: George and Patricia Grone, property owners of the 1.28-acre lot located at 8430 Groveland Road, have requested a minor subdivision of their property. The subdivision would create one large lot immediately south of their existing home. A minor subdivision is a division of land less than two acres in area in which only one additional lot is created. The lot is zoned R-1, Single Family residential and the minimum lot size is 11,000. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area for low density residential. The property owners have submitted an outdated Registered Land Survey (RLS) which had been created for an earlier subdivision that never took place. The RLS is provided to the Planning Commission for reference purposes only—a new RLS or Certificate of Survey will need to be provided to approve the subdivision. Discussion: The Grone property is 55,700 square feet, or, 1.28 acres. There is 276.25 feet of frontage on Knollwood Drive and the lot could potentially be split into three lots. The proposed subdivision however would create only one large lot south of the Grone’s home. The new lot would be 37,125 square feet, leaving 18,575 square feet for the improved lot. The area south of the Grone’s home is not maintained and is covered with dense growth and mature trees. The proposed lot would satisfy all minimum zoning requirements for a single-family residential lot. Once the RLS or Certificate of Survey is received, staff will forward copies to the engineering technician, public works director and City Attorney for their review. The City Attorney will also need to do a title commitment to ensure all parties having an interest in the property are represented on the subdivision documents. Park Dedication Requirements. Every subdivision of land is subject to park dedication requirements. Because the subdivision is less than 2 acres in area, the fee is 5% of the land’s market value, less the value of the land where the house sits. Rather than require an appraisal for every subdivision, staff typically uses the assessment valuations available through Ramsey County. Unfortunately, Staff was unable to verify through the Ramsey County Assessment Office what the land value is for the whole parcel. The value, once known, will be divided by the total number of square feet to arrive at a per-square-foot value which would then be multiplied by 37,125. Staff anticipates a value in excess of $50,000 which would translate into a park dedication fee of at least $2,500. This fee would need to be paid prior to the City stamping the new deeds for recordation.