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CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE PROPOSED VARIANCE 1. Background John Trautz of Trautz Properties, Inc has entered into a purchase agreement with Daniel Shattuck of Shattuck Properties to purchase the multi-tenant strip mall located at 2702-2714 County Road 88, which includes the city-owned liquor store. Shattuck is also selling the Village Pub to the current operator. The Applicants are proposing a preliminary and final plat of “St. Anthony Village Center” to convert the property located at 2700 and 2703-2714 County Road 88 from a Common Interest Community (CIC) plat to a standard “Lot and Block” plat. Additionally, variances are needed to accommodate a zero setback on the proposed property line in several areas. Furthermore, two additional variances are requested to bring existing lot line encroachments into conformity through consideration of variances for existing non-conforming situations. The primary reason for processing this application is to eliminate the defunct Condo Association in favor of a private Easement Agreement. This easement agreement would establish a process for shared maintenance of the parking areas and landscaping areas to more closely match current practice. Additionally, it would be a three party agreement among the City for the liquor store, John Trautz, the new owner of the strip mall, and Corey Burstad, the new owner of Village Pub. The current Condo Association is not following its bylaws for meetings and does not include Corey Burstad (new owner of Village Pub). This change would also be a chance to amend the existing parking and access agreement and CIC documents into one, comprehensive easement agreement. We do not expect anything to change with regard to the way the property is managed or costs are divided from current practice, but to amend the documents to reflect current practice and bring in the new third party (Village Pub). Because the City owns the liquor store through the CIC, the City is a party (co-applicant) to this plat. 2. Applicable Codes. Section 151 Subdivision Regulations, Section 152.120 General Commercial District, and Section 152.245 Variances are applicable subsections of city code related to this application. The nature of this application is legal ownership change from a condo to a fee title owner, rather than for the development of land. 3. Criteria for and Consistency with Criteria for Approvals. 3a. Preliminary Plat The preliminary plat for St. Anthony Village Center proposes to create one new lot by subdividing the existing lot located at 2703- 2714 County Road 88 into two parcels. Section 151.02 lists the following required information, which has been submitted and is satisfactory to staff: identification and description of the plat, design features, including streets, easements, drainage, lots, dimensions, public use area, and elevations. 18