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• MEMORANDUM DATE: 09/10/01 MEETING DATE: 09/18/01 TO: Planning Commission Members FROM: Susan Henry, Assistant City Manager )'` RE: Request for Lot Split: Wirth Cos., Lot 1, Block 1, Beutz Addition The applicant, Wirth Companies, is requesting a lot split. It is the same lot split which the City Council approved on June 23, 1998. Following that approval by the City, the applicant did not follow-up with a final plat. City staff has requested the applicant return to the Planning Commission with the original request. David Lutz, representative for the Wirth Companies, stated a dispute arose between the two property owners, which is why the split was never completed. The request is to subdivide and replat Lot 1, Block 1, Beutz Addition, a vacant lot to the southwest of the Apache Medical Building. The applicant proposes to split Lot 1, Block 1, Beutz Addition and join 74 feet to the Apache Medical Building to provide additional parking. The remaining southerly 74 feet will be replatted to include the vacant parcel, Lot 2, Block 2, Apache Plaza that adjoins to the east. • Wirth Companies is not currently the owner for the subject property. According to an agreement on the case, Wirth Companies will become the property owner. Staff has requested a letter from the current property owner's counsel, acknowledging this understanding. Staff had not yet received the letter as packets were sent out. The letter will be presented to Commissioners on September 18. The applicant's request.will bring Lot 1, Block 1, Beutz Addition into compliance with Chapter 15, Subd. 4 (1), of the City's Ordinance, which states that all lots must abut their full frontage on a public street. The replatting of the vacant lot creates a lot that meets the minimum lot size requirement under the same Chapter. The proposal will not affect the existing easement, located at the "finger" shape piece of land. Legal counsel reviewed the plat in 1998. There have.been no changes since then. The item to note is the easement. Prior to the development of the lot, a final plat will have to be approved and evidence of title will need to be provided. Staff Recommendation: Approved the preliminary plat, subdivide and replat, of Lot 1, Block 2, Beutz Addition. Attachments: •- Wirth Companies Request for Lot Split • Preliminary Plat