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MOUND- City of Mounds View Staff Report Item No: 07A Meeting Date: October 18, 2023 Type of Business: Planning Business Planning Case: MA2023-001 To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Phil Carlson, AICP, Stantec, City Planner Item Title/Subject: Alexander Gardens, Subdivision, Lot line Adjustment Addresses: 8441 Fairchild Avenue and 8492 Long Lake Road PID: 063023120009 and 063023120001 Zoning: R-1 Owners: Dale F Alexander and Gayle L Alexander; Todd A Wilcox and Laurie Ann Wilcox Applicant: Dale F Alexander and Gayle L Alexander Request: Lot line Adjustment, Preliminary Plat, Alexander Gardens Introduction: The Alexander's reside at 8441 Fairchild Ave. They wish to purchase a portion of the land at the rear of their property from the Wilcox's lot at 8492 Long Lake Road. The Wilcox's have agreed to sell a portion of their property to the Alexanders. The Alexander's are applying for a subdivision to be called Alexander Gardens. Background: The Alexander's lot is 0.47 acres, platted in 1978. Access is from Fairchild Ave. At the rear side of the property is the south end of the 1-acre lot owned by the Wilcox's. The Alexanders wish to purchase just the south portion of the Wilcox property such that their property extends east to the rear lot line of 8450 Red Oak Drive. Long Lake R(T it ..> _ _� _ •aaan� � , i. •. 8d71. t.:f v Al earJ 2 -x` . The dimensions of the Alexanders' property are �,:I�,� 1I approximately 170 feet by 90 feet that includes drainage - 0 . -- e, a and utility easements each 5 feet wide on the north, south and east sides of the parcel and 10 feet on the west` side on Fairchild Avenue. The portion of the Wilcox's' ,�,��; ;;•' ��=': property the Alexanders wish to purchase is on the south _;;'::^' side of the property with dimensions of 75.72 feet by 98 feet. The proposed modification will result in addition of about 3,500 square feet to the Alexander's lot as shown in the image below. The modified plat area and boundary is shown in blue line in the image and the red solid lines indicate the modified plat boundary of the Wilcox property. There is one small addition to the drainage and utility easement to add another 5-foot-wide easement to the north -south easement to extend a full 10-foot-wide easement should it be needed for utility purposes.