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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes December 17, 2018 Page 3 Commissioner Bartel asked what the motivation is for the lot split and why not put up one single 1 family home on the current lot size. Mr. Sentyrz stated he could do that but economically it 2 would not work. The lot cost for each part would be $160,000 - $170,000. 3 4 Mr. Budzynski stated if only one home was constructed it would need to be a smaller home and 5 not as marketable. 6 7 Commissioner Socha asked when the 11,000-sf requirement was in place and Ms. Just stated 8 1993. Mr. Sentyrz stated he purchased the property a couple of weeks ago. Commissioner Socha 9 asked what the average lot size is in St. Anthony. Ms. Just stated the lot sizes for the corner lots 10 is 11,000 – 13,000 sf. She does not have the overall average lot size in the City. 11 12 Chair Papatola asked for information on the legal non-conforming lots within the City. Ms. Just 13 stated when new zoning provisions are adopted, the ordinance will state that if there are 14 properties that don’t meet the new ordinances they are grandfathered. The non-conformity could 15 not increase. 16 17 Mr. Budzynski stated this lot is across the street from Roseville where there are all apartments. 18 Two new family homes would be a blessing for the City. 19 20 Chair Papatola closed the public hearing at 7:18 p.m. 21 22 Commissioner Neumann stated she was thinking about the urban cities where there are larger 23 homes on smaller lots. 24 25 Commissioner Larson stated the way the Code is written he agrees with staff recommendation. 26 He would like a conversation to be held reviewing the current code relating to lot size. He does 27 not believe this request is far from the goals for the City. He noted that Minneapolis has 28 eliminated R-1 zoning. He does not recommend approval for this request. 29 30 Commissioner Socha stated she agrees with what Commissioner Larson said. She stated 11,000 31 sf. is not a huge lot. This is an investment project for the owner. She agrees that this request 32 should be denied. 33 34 Commissioner Bartel stated this is a significant percentage of the lot size that is being requested. 35 This is an economic consideration being proposed and he is not in favor of approving this 36 request. 37 38 Ms. Just stated this is not a rezoning request and is a request for a variance. There needs to be a 39 practical difficulty demonstrated and there has been no demonstration of a practical difficulty. 40 41 Chair Papatola concurred with what has been said. There is some new construction occurring 42 within St. Anthony. He would be in favor of recommending denial of the variance request. 43 44