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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes September 16, 2008 Page 2 1 Peter Chaput will stand as Planning Commission representative to City Council meeting on 2 September 23, 2008. 3 4 VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS 5 6 VII.1 Lot Subdivision for 4020 Silver Lake Terrace and 4024 Silver Lake Terrace 7 8 Chair Stromgren opened the public hearing at 7:04 p.m. 9 10 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes presented the staff report on the requested lot I 1 subdivision/combination for properties located at 4020 Silver Lake Terrace and 4024 Silver Lake 12 Terrace. She stated Elizabeth and Paul Hayes, property owners at 4020 Silver Lake Terrace, Lot 13 4, Block 1, Olson's Addition, are proposing to sell a 337 SF portion of their lot at the NW corner 14 to Dr. Gary Good,property owner of the adjacent property, 4024 Silver Lake Terrace, Lot 3, 15 Block 1, Olson's Addition. Dr. Good is proposing to sell approximately 3,062 SF to Mr. and 16 Mrs. Hayes in order to give the Hayes' more lakeshore for recreation. Both property owners have 17 applied for subdivision and plat approvals to accommodate each of their lot splits and lot 18 combinations. Both owners were informed that this land use action requires a public hearing. Mr. 19 Paul Hayes, 4020 Silver Lake Terrace, initially contacted staff to determine if he and his 20 neighbor, Dr. Gary Good, 4024 Silver Lake Terrace, could sell each other portions of their 21 respective property. Staff provided Mr. Hayes with information regarding the lot subdivision 22 process. Mr. Hayes advised staff that Dr. Good intended to sell him a portion of property that 23 runs along the easement that goes from Silver Lane to the Lake. 24 25 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes stated on August 27, 2008, staff received site plan review 26 applications and subdivision/plat approval applications with a survey map of the subject lots 27 from both Paul and Elizabeth Hayes and Dr. Gary Good. Each respective application described 28 the lot subdivision and lot combination proposed for each property. The proposed site map and a 29 description of the proposed subdivision were forwarded onto the City Attorney for review. He 30 did not find any issues of concern with the proposed lot subdivisions and combinations. Staff 31 received two phone calls asking about the proposed subdivision. One individual wanted to advise 32 the City that a walkway easement runs adjacent to the 3,062 SF that Mr. Hayes in buying from 33 Dr. Good. He wanted to insure that this easement providing access to Silver Lake is protected. 34 The other caller simply wanted more information about the proposed subdivision. 35 36 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes stated staff has verified that the proposed lot splits do not 37 cause the whole lot to be out of conformance with lot size regulations of the City's Zoning Code. 38 Each lot meets the minimum lot size of 9,000 SF. Currently, Lot 3 is 22,948 SF and Lot 4 is 39 14,709 SF. The proposed square footage of Lot 3 is 20,223 and the proposed square footage of 40 Lot 4 is 17,434. According to the calculations of the certified land surveyor, the 35% lot 41 coverage requirement is also adhered to by both properties, currently and with the proposed 42 subdivision. Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes advised that the minimum side yard and rear 43 yard setbacks for each lot are also maintained. An R-IA lot requires a minimum side yard width 44 of five feet and a minimum combination of the two side yards of 15 feet. The rear yard of any lot 45 not abutting the lake must be at least 75 feet from the natural high water elevation of the lake. 46 The rear yard of any lot not abutting the lake must be at lest 20% of the depth of the entire lot,