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CASE # <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR SKETCH PLAN REVIEW OF MINOR SUBDIVISION; <br />CASE OF ELIOT AND DEBORRAH SCHAEFFER <br /> By: Sylvia Frolik, Community Development Director <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Eliot and Deborrah Schaeffer are requesting sketch plan review of a minor subdivision to plat <br />their existing homestead into .two rural residential lots. Their property is located at 6500 Green <br />Valley Road and the existing residence is on the north side of Trott Brook. Their plan is <br />subdivide their property and build their new home on the south side of Trott Brook. <br /> <br />The fbllowing items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) <br />b) <br />c) <br /> <br />Site location map <br />Proposed sketch plan <br />City Staff Review Letter dated March 5, 2004 <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />No public hearing is required at the sketch plan stage of a plat. However, City Council recently <br />adopted a policy requiring notification of a proposed subdivision be sent out to residents within <br />350 feet of the subject property during sketch plan submittal. Staff attempted to notify property <br />owners within 350 feet of the subject property. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The subject property is approximately 21.5 acres in size and is located in the R-1 Rural <br />Developing Residential District. The minimum lot size in this district is 2.5 acres. The sketch <br />plan is proposing to plat two rural residential lots: 1-2.5 acre lot for the existing homestead and <br />1-19 acre lot for the applicant's new home.. Both lots meet the minimum area standards for the <br />district. The existing lot and the new lot created are and will be served with on-site well and <br />septic. <br /> <br />City Code states that all lots in the rural area must have 200 feet of frontage on a publicly <br />dedicated road. The proposed Lot 1 (existing homestead) has 198.4 feet of frontage on Green <br />Valley Road. This does not comply with City Code, however it is an existing lawful non- <br />conibrming condition. Lot 2 (new lot for development) is proposed to receive public access from <br />the westerly terminus of 174th Avenue N.W., which technically means that the lot has 66 feet of <br />fi'ontage on a public road. The applicants are reluctant to construct a public road to City <br />standards to service one building site. They have applied for a variance to the road frontage <br />requirements in order to subdivide the property. ~' <br /> <br />The plat will be reviewed by the Park Commission at their regular meeting in April. <br /> <br /> <br />