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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – JUNE 22, 2020 6 <br /> <br />there are multiple curb cuts currently providing access to the property. The topography of the lot is <br />relatively flat along New Brighton Road, but then slopes down significantly to a pond located on <br />the easterly half of the property. The elevation change from New Brighton Road to the pond edge <br />is roughly 15 feet. The pond occupies approximately 1.3 acres of the site leaving 1.5 acres of <br />developable land. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reported since 2017 the Subject <br />Property has had three (3) previous development applications reviewed. The first application was <br />submitted in April, 2017; the developer was requesting to subdivide the Subject Property into four <br />(4) lots, however, the former landowner and the applicant couldn’t agree on a sale price and the <br />applicant withdrew their application. In January, 2018, a different applicant submitted an <br />application requesting to subdivide the Subject Property into four (4) lots. On April 23, 2018, the <br />City Council considered the application for a Preliminary Plat, Final Plat, Comprehensive Plan <br />Amendment, and Variance. The City Council voted to deny this application because the proposal <br />was not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla commented at their May 29, 2018 <br />meeting the City Council approved a Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Preliminary Plat and <br />Variance at the Subject Property. The Comprehensive Plan Amendment reguided the property <br />from Public and Institutional to Very Low Density Residential. The City Council approved a <br />Preliminary/Final Plat request that created three (3) single-family residential parcels on the <br />existing lot. The proposed project never came to fruition and the property was voluntarily <br />foreclosed. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reviewed the Plan Evaluation, <br />Variance Requirements and offered the following Findings of Fact: <br /> <br />1. City Staff received a land use application for a request for preliminary plat and variance at <br />the Subject Property 3246 New Brighton Road. <br />2. The property at 3246 New Brighton Road is located in the R-2 – Single and Two-Family <br />Residential Zoning District and is guided as very low density on the Land Use plan. <br />3. The subject property is currently comprised of the former Lake Johanna Fire Station 1 <br />building, a detached garage, and parking areas. <br />4. The subject property is 3.12 Acres. <br />5. The applicant has requested a Preliminary Plat in order to subdivide the property into four <br />(4) single-family residential lots. <br />6. The adjacent properties to the north, east, west and south are zoned R-2 District and are <br />guided for Low Density Residential uses in the Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br />7. A single-family detached dwelling is a permitted use for the lots in the R-2 district where <br />the Subject Property is located. <br />8. The applicant has requested a variance from Section 1130.07, Subd. 2 of the City Code, to <br />allow a lot width of 81.75 feet, or 3.25 feet less than the minimum 85-foot requirement for <br />the R-2 District. <br />9. Approximately one-third of the properties within this block that have lot widths less than <br />the required 85 feet for the R-2 District. While, the majority of the lots on this block are 85 <br />feet wide or greater, few have the depth or area of the four lots proposed in the <br />redevelopment.