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STAFF REPORT To: Chair and Planning Commission Members From: Kin Moore-Sykes,Assistant City Manager Date: November 15, 2011 Subject: Subdivision without Platting Request — 3629 Roosevelt Street NE Requested Action: Concept Review Date Application Received: N/A Property Address: 3629 Roosevelt Street NE Zoning District: R-1 60-Day Expires: N/A Waiver Letter Required: Yes Date Sent: No Future Action: Council Approval of Planning Commission Recommendation Background: Mr. Larry Alm contacted Staff asking if there was a way to combine the five (5) lots that make up his property at 3629 Roosevelt Street NE. He plans to build a home on these lots and would like to have all the lots combined so that he would receive one property tax statement. Analysis: Staff researched the City's Zoning Ordinance and contacted the City Attorney. It appears that it is a simple process to combine residential lots as long as in the process, non-conforming lots are not created. Mr. Alm just wants to combine these lots that are all interior R-1 lots and each is less than the required 9,000 SF lot area. Mr. Alm stated that he has no wish to subdivide them again once they are combined as he wants to build a house. He stated that he would like to receive just one property tax statement rather than five. In speaking with the City Attorney,it is a matter of having the Planning Commission review the proposal, send on a recommendation to the City Council and requesting the City Council approve the lot combination by resolution. By combining these lots, Mr.Alm would create a single, R-1 interior lot that is 22,842 SF. 5151.08 of the City's Zoning Code states that the City Council may waive compliance with the platting requirements and approve subdivision by conveyance of land by adoption of a resolution that in effect,based on findings by the City Council that: a. Compliance with the platting requirements would create an unnecessary hardship or expense because of the nature of the subdivision;and b. Failure to require the filing of a plat does not interfere with the purposes of this subchapter.