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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Board Members Brauer, Johnson, Shepherd, Van Scoy, and Watson. Voting No: None. Absent: None. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BOARD BUSINESS Case #1: Request for a Variance to Plat Property that does not meet Minimum Requirements for Frontage on a Public Road; Case of Wayne and Marian Meloche Presentation Associate Planner Geisler advised that the City has received an application for a variance to Section 9.50.30 of the Ramsey City Code. This section states that all developable lots shall have at least the minimum required frontage on a publicly dedicated street. She stated the applicants are proposing to plat a lot without frontage on a public street on the property generally located at 17400 Erkium Street NW. She further advised the subject property is located in the R-1 Residential District, which requires a lot width of 200 feet on a public road. The existing home on the Subject Property is served by a private easement across the property to the north, which is owned by another party. No public road serves the Subject Property. She stated a previous owner received a variance in 1983 to build one home on the Subject Property with the stipulation that no additional lots be created without fully meeting the subdivision standards outlined in City Code. The home was eventually built in 1989. Associate Planner Geisler advised that in 1988, the City Council denied a request by the then current owner to subdivide the property by metes and bounds into three lots. The denial was based on the lack of lot frontage on a public road. In 1999, the City Council received another application to subdivide the property. In this case, the applicant sought to create two lots; one for the existing homestead and one unbuildable outlot, to be subdivided and developed at a future date when subdivision standards could be met. The City Council again denied the request to subdivide, based on the lack of public road frontage. She indicated the applicants are requesting the variance to' allow for one additional lot, to be sold to their daughter and son-in-law. She stated the remainder of the property would be platted as an outlot. Because this application is substantially similar to previous requests, and the applicants are not proposing to provide access to the property via a public road, staff is recommending denial of the request. She noted there is a letter from Fire Chief Dean Kaplen addressing road access. Public Hearing Wayne Meloche indicated he currently lives in Champlin, and is scheduled to close on this property in November. He indicated he hopes the Planning Commissioners read his letter of intent. He stated what they wish to do is utilize the existing easement which has supplied the existing home by utilizing the same access currently on the 27 acre parcel for a home for his daughter. He stated this is a beautiful site, and he has been looking for somewhere that he and his wife could live as neighbors to his daughter and son-in-law again, as they used to do in Osseo. Ite advised the site is totally wooded, and they would intend to keep it that way. He would like to build a home for his daughter and leave the rest wild. Board of Adjustment/October 2, 2003 Page 2 of 9