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Item No: 6 Meeting Date: October 1, 2003 Type of Business: Business 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 7886 Sunnyside Road; Planning Case MI03-004 Introduction: Mike and Wendy Pedginski are applying for a minor subdivision of the lot located at 7886 Sunnyside Road. Mr. Donald Forslund is the owner of the lot and has signed the subdivision application, as have the Pedginskis. The subject property is a corner lot located at the southeast corner of Hillview Road and Sunnyside Road; the home was constructed in 1941. 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 for an interior lot is 11,000. Corner lots require a minimum of 12,500 square feet. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area for low density residential. Discussion: The Forslund property is currently 30,576 square feet, or, .7 acres. The proposed subdivision would split off the west 104 feet of the Forslund property to create a new buildable lot fronting Hillview Road. The area of the new lot would be 13,726 square feet leaving 16,750 square feet for the remainder parcel, well in excess of the minimum for a corner lot. Mr. Forslund resides in the existing home and would remain in the home after the subdivision. Both proposed lots satisfy all zoning requirements. The applicants have submitted a Certificate of Survey for the proposed subdivision which identifies the lot to be created as Parcel B and the remainder lot as Parcel A. 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 homes sit. Rather than require an appraisal for every subdivision, staff typically uses the assessment valuations available through Ramsey County. The combined land value for the property is $53,200. On a per-square-foot basis, the value is $1.74. If Parcel B is 13,726 square feet, its proportional value would be $23,882. Five percent of that amount, or $1,194, is the required dedication for this subdivision. This would need to be submitted as a condition of City subdivision approval.