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I I I 1 I I I I I i I I ! I ! I I I I CASE REQUEST FOR FINAL PLAT APPROVAL OF ECHO CASE OF GERALD BAUER By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik RIDGE; Background: Gerald Bauer is requesting sketch plan review to plat property located east of St. Francis Blvd. and Gobernatz Addition at 177th Avenue N.W. The proposed subdivision consists of reconfiguring 5 existing lots totaling approximately 48.5 acres. The individual lot sizes resulting from the rcconfiguration would be 2.5 acres, 9.7 acres and 55.1 acres. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) d) e) Site location map Proposed subdivision City Engineer's review letter dated 2/27/91 Memo From Zoning Administrator Frolik to City Engineer Jankowski dated March 7, 1991. Proposed resolution granting final plat approval Proposed Development Agreement The proposed subdivision would comply with the 4 in 40 density requirements because there is and will continue to be 3 lots in 48 acres. However, the minimum lot size in the Rural Service Area is 10 acres and one of the lots would be substantially less than 10 acres. In this instance, it seems reasonable to vary from the 10 acre minimum lot size because the subdivision is not increasing the number of lots in the area, but rather maligning existing lot boundaries. Observations: In February of 1991, the City of Ramsey received an application from Gerald Bauer for a minor subdivision to be named Echo Ridge. On March 5, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended City Council approval of the plat and waiving the requirement for paving 177th within the boundaries of the plat and requiring the developer to place 177th in its correct alignment and upgrade it to Class 5 standards from St. Francis Blvd. into Echo Ridge a sufficient distance to provide all lots in the plat with 200 feet of frontage on a public road. This is different from what Code calls for. If the City had required the letter of the Code to be met, the developer would be required to gravel and pave only that section of 177th within the boundaries of Echo Ridge. This would be unfair because Gobernatz Addition south of 177th would derive benefit at no cost. In addition, that section of 177th leading up to the paved section in Echo Ridge would remain a rnisaligned, dirt road and that doesn't make sense from an engineering or maintenance standpoint. Even the Planning and Zoning Commission's ;~?~ommendation for Class 5 from St. Francis Blvd. into Echo Ridge is unfair because the developer would be going beyond what is expected of a developer in that he would be providing a Class 5 road for approximately 400 feet of road that is not within his plat. The City would end up with a substandard development because 177th within Echo Ridge would not be paved, which is an additional maintenance problem to the Public Works Department. However, the requirements placed on Echo Ridge corrects a situation of landlocked parcels, places 177th in its correct alignment from St. Francis Blvd. to Echo Ridge and upgrades 177th from dirt to Class 5.