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STAFF REPORT To: Planning Commission Report No.: VII.3 From: Kim Moore-Sykes,Assistant City Manager 06 Date: September 20, 2005 Subject: R-2 Rezoning Request for 3645 Chelmsford Road Date Application Received: July 19,2005 Property Address: 3645 Chelmsford Road Zoning District: R-1 60-Day Expires: 9/19/05; waived as missed 7/19 concept review,extension requested to 60-Day Rule. Scheduled for Public Hearing on 9/20/05; Council action on 9/27/05. Spoke with petitioner via phone on 7/26/05. Requested Action: Staff is asking the Planning Commission to consider a request by Troy Martenson, owner of 3645 Chelmsford Road to rezone this property, from R-1 Single-family Zoning District to R-2 Two-Family Zoning District. Background: Currently, the property is zoned R-1,with an existing single-family structure on the lot. It is a corner lot with a 75' utility easement given to Xcel Energy that goes across the northern portion of the lot. The property adjacent to the east is zoned R-2; the properties directly across 37th Avenue to the north from the subject property are zoned R-4. There have been several attempts to split this lot previously but because of the utility easement, these requests have either been denied by the City or upon discovering the easement, petitioners have cancelled their applications. The current owner also went before the City Council at its June 21St meeting with a petition for an R-3 Townhouse Zoning District rezoning request. The Council denied the request due to concerns about spot zoning. Mr. Martenson is now proposing to submit a rezoning request that would change the current zoning of R-1 to R-2 and presented his concept to the Planning Commission at a concept review at the July 19th Planning Commission meeting. As stated earlier, the property adjacent to the subject property is currently zoned R-2, despite its current structure being used as a single-family residence. The R-2 Zoning District requires that a corner lot have an area of 14,000 SF and 100 feet in width at that building setback line. Based on two different sources,Staff has varying information about the square footage of the subject lot. The plat map that the City receives from Hennepin County shows that the lot is 107' x 220' (23,540 SF) while the information from Hennepin County's web site shows the lot as 107' x 180' (19,260 SF). The enclosed copy of a survey of the lot shows an 18' x 220' roadway easement that mostly accounts for the discrepancy in the square footages. Nevertheless, this lot conforms with the area and width as required by the City's Zoning Ordinance for an R-2 designation. H:\Planning\Staff Reports\2005\092005 Rezone R2 3645 Chelmsford Staff report.doc