06-01-1988 Planning Commission Agenda-Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ARDEN HILLS REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Wednesday, June 1, 1988, 7:30 p.m. - Village Hall CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof Acting Chairman Calvin Meury called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. • ROLL CALL Present: Acting Chair Calvin Meury, Paul Malone, Peter Martin, Ray McGraw, Scott Petersen, Dennis Probst, Barbara Piotrowski, Dorothy Zehm and Dave Carlson. Absent: Robert Curtis. Also Present: Planner John Bergly, Councilmember Jeanne Winiecki and Deputy Clerk Catherine Iago. APPROVE MINUTES Zehm moved, seconded by Petersen, that the Minutes of the May 4, 1988, Planning Commission meeting be approved as submitted. Motion carried unanimously. (9-0) CASE #88-13; LOT Planner Bergly reviewed his report of 6-1-88 relative DIVISION & LOT to the proposed lot division and lot width variance for WIDTH VAR. , 3279 Herbert and Joanne Kulman, 3279 Snelling Avenue. SNELLING AVENUE Bergly explained the request is to divide an 85 x 820 ft. lot into two lots each of which have legal access to public streets. The lot containing the residence of the applicant is 85 x 650 ft. ; the other would be 85 x 165 ft. He advised that the lot widths are 85 ft. rather than the required 95 ft. and a 10 ft. lot width variance is required. The Planner referred Commission to the minutes of the Board of Appeals meeting, 5-26-88, recommending approval of the lot width variance based on the fact it • is a lot of record. Bergly reported the engineer had verbally advised the sewer access to Lot C would have to be gained by an easement that would run along the south line of Lot A down to the sewer line which runs along the lake, at the lowest point in this area. The engineer recommended if the lot split were approved a provision be included which required a 20 ft. easement for sanitary sewer. Joanne Kulman stated she was advised today of the necessity of the sewer easement; she requested Commission grant a continuance. Herbert Kulman requested Commission consider the application at this time and questioned how long the approval would remain in effect if granted. Acting Chair Meury advised the applicant he would have six months to record the lot split should the approval be granted. Member Martin questioned if the applicant had contacted the adjacent property owner to the south to obtain the land necessary to make the parcel proposed to be split wide enough to comply with current lot width requirements. Herbert and Joanne Kulman advised they had not contacted the property owners to the south. Herbert explained he had not done so due to the fact it may hamper future plans for development of that southerly adjacent parcel of land. Member Malone asked the Kulman to explain the rented building on the property. • Herbert Kulman advised it was a guest house on the property when purchased in 1966 and was rented occasionally; Kulman continued to rent the building. Member Zehm questioned if it was the intent of the Kulman to further divide the parcel of land on which the home is located.