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CC Regular Session Meeting Date: 01/28/2014 By: Tim Gladhill, Community Development 7. 6. Information Title Adopt Resolution #14-01-023 Granting Final Plat Approval for O'Shaughnessy Addition Located at 17201 Saint Francis Blvd. NW; Case of Tim O'Shaughnessy Purpose/Background: The City has received an Application for Minor Plat to allow a lot split of the property generally known as 17201 Saint Francis Boulevard. The request does not create a new buildable lot, but does separate a nineteen (19) acre outlot from the larger thirty-seven (37) acre lot. The request also facilitates the construction of a new primary residential dwelling. The site was previously the location of a landscape nursery and tree farm. Notification: The City attempted to notify all Property Owners within 700 feet of the Minor Plat of the Sketch Plan Review via Standard US Mail. Observations/Alternatives: The request is a simple lot split that does not create a new buildable lot (no net increase in buildable lots). The request facilitates the construction of a new single-family home (the existing primary structure will become an accessory structure to the new primary dwelling). The net effect will be a twenty (20) acre buildable lot and seventeen (17) acre outlot. The outlot is anticipated to be considered for rural residential development sometime in the future. The size of the outlot would facilitate some form of future subdivision, consistent with applicable zoning regulations in effect at that time. The buildable area is sufficient to facilitate the desired development as single-family residential, meeting all minimum standards of City Code. More detailed analysis will be completed administratively as part of the standard development review process for individual single-family homes. The request has been reviewed by Minnesota Department of Transportation, as it is adjacent to Trunk Highway 47, with utilization of existing access. No comments or concerns from this department were raised. Staff has received some informal comments from adjacent property owners regarding concern over potential tree loss. As proposed, the only tree impact would be as a result of the siting of the single family home and driveway. Impacts to visual change to adjacent property owners would be minimal, as vegetation along common property lines would be minimal. Any tree removal would be subject to the City's tree inventory requirements. In order to ensure proper ability for adjacent property owners to provide comment, Staff did schedule an information session at 6:30 p.m. prior to the City Council Meeting (in addition to the traditional sketch plan review and comment period already completed). Alternatives Alternative #1 - Approve the Final Plat as presented. As it appears that all minimum standards are able to be met, the Planning Commission did recommend approval of the plat. Alternative #2 - Direct the Applicant to modify the Final Plat. Staff has not identified any deficiencies in the request, and therefore does not recommend this alternative.