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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. 745-03
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE
PROPOSED LONGVIEW ESTATES MAJOR SUBDIVISION
PLANNING CASE NO. MA03-001
WHEREAS, Marty Harstad of EICHI, Inc., representing owner Keith Harstad, has
applied for a major subdivision for a single family residential subdivision on land located
west of Longview Drive, south of County Road H2, east of Silver Lake Road and north of
Woodcrest Park; and,
WHEREAS, the preliminary plat date-stamped October 30, 2003 contemplates a
fifteen lot subdivision, with eight lots fronting Longview Drive and seven lots fronting Silver
Lake Road; and,
WHEREAS, the subject parcel is legally described as follows:
Lot 4, Block 1, Mueller Addition
Ramsey County, State of Minnesota
WHEREAS, the parcel is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential and the adopted
Comprehensive Plan designates the parcel for low-density residential development; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed subdivision is completely within a Wetland Zoning District;
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WHEREAS, within a wetland zoning district, the minimum lot width for single-family
residEmtiallots is 125 feet and the minimum lot area is 20,000 square feet; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents
regarding this proposal:
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Zoning Map
Planning Application
Wetland Zoning District Map
FEMA Map
Preliminary Plat, date stamped Oct 30, 2003
Staff Report
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Resolution 745-03
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WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on
November 5 and continued said hearing until November 19, 2003.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission
hereby makes the following finding of fact related to the submitted Longview Estates
preliminary plat:
1. The proposed fifteen-lot subdivision is situated completely within a wetland zoning
district.
2. The minimum subdivision standards within a wetland zoning district are 125-foot
wide lots with lot areas of 20,000 square feet.
3. Half of the 7.14 acre wooded parcel is delineated as wetlands.
4. Approximately 20,320 square feet of wetlands would be filled to create the fifteen
lots with a total alteration of more than 60,000 square feet of area within the wetland
zoning district.
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Neither soil borings nor a hydrology analysis were submitted to support the
applicant's request for the preliminary plat approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning
Commission, based upon the above findings of fact and its review of the documentation
presented, does hereby recommend denial of the proposed Longview Estates major
subdivision.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Mounds View Planning Commission directs
staff to forward this resolution to the City Council prior to approval of the minutes.
Adopted this 3rd day of December, 2003
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,Jean Miller, Acting Chairperson
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Attest:
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James Ericson, Community Dev. Director
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