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STAFF REPORT <br /> DATE: November 17, 1998 <br /> TO: Planning Commissioners <br /> FROM: Kim Moore-Sykes, Management Assistant <br /> ITEM: Concept Review.for Lot Split, Lot Width and Lot Area <br /> Variance Requests for 4008 Fordham Drive, David Sperry, <br /> Buyer. <br /> Staff have been asked by David Sperry if the City would consider splitting 4008 Fordham <br /> Drive, which is 135 feet wide, into two lots, one that is 75 feet wide as required by the City <br /> Ordinance and one that is 60 feet wide. The proposed 75-foot lot has an existing residential <br /> structure and the resultant lot would be vacant. Mr. and Mrs. David Sperry, currently residing <br /> in New Brighton, have a tentative purchase agreement with the owner, Arvid Johnson, to <br /> purchase the lot that would be resultant if the City approved the split of 4008 Fordham Drive. <br /> They are planning to build a $130,000 home for themselves on the resultant parcel. <br /> The purpose of this concept review is for the Sperrys to meet with the Planning Commission to <br /> discuss the proposed lot split and the-possibility of obtaining lot width and area variances for <br /> the resultant parcel. Staff have met with Mr. Sperry twice to discuss lot coverage restrictions; <br /> setbacks, especially sideyards; and lot area requirements. <br /> Mr. Sperry was also concerned with the requirement to file the lot split and plat with the <br /> County within 30 days of the City's approval. . He stated that if the Planning Commission and <br /> City Council approve his subdivision and variance applications, the closing won't be scheduled <br /> until June 1, '1999. <br />