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Mounds View City Council <br />Regular Meeting <br />December 10, 2001 <br />Page 10 <br />then commented that he would be shocked if the proposed development had anything other than <br />a positive affect on the property values of surrounding properties. <br />Mr. Harstad offered to meet with any resident that would like to meet with him to discuss any of <br />the issues. <br />Dave Tillman of 5166 Longview Drive indicated that it was his recollection from the original <br />neighborhood meeting that Mr. Harstad had indicated that the trees could not be saved because <br />you cannot backfill up four feet on a tree and expect it to live. <br />Dan Mendoza of 2633 Clearview expressed concern for setting a precedent in the City by <br />allowing this variance. He then indicated that, if the City does not grant the same variance to <br />another party, the City could end up in another costly legal battle. <br />City Attorney Riggs requested that Community Development Director Ericson's staff report be <br />entered into the record at this point in the meeting. <br />Item No: 7A <br />Meeting Date: December 10, 2001 <br />Type of Business: PH & CB <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business <br />City of Mounds View Sta Re oYt <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing to Consider Appeal of Planning <br />Commission Denial of a Variance Request To Deviate <br />From Supplemental Platting Requirements Articulated <br />In Chapter 1010 Of The Mounds View City Code <br />Date of Report: December 3, 2001 <br />Background: <br />On May 15, 2001, Keith Harstad applied fora major subdivision to subdivide the <br />undeveloped property south of County Road H2 between Silver Lake Road and Longview <br />Drive. The parcel, which is slightly larger than- seven acres, lies completely within the <br />wetland zoning district and about half of the parcel has been delineated as wetland. As <br />such, the requirements of Chapter 1010 in addition to 1202 apply to this proposed <br />development. <br />The standard platting requirements contained within Chapter1202 of the City Code <br />require a minimum lot size of 11,000 square feet and a minimum lot width of 75 feet. The <br />Preliminary Plat originally submitted by Mr. Harstad conformed to and exceeded these <br />standards. Further evaluation revealed that the wetland zoning district regulations <br />