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.'. - . . CITY OF ARDEN HILLS .- MEMORANDUM DATE: Fcbruary 26, 1996 . TO: Mayor and City Council I FROM: Kevin Ringwald, Community Development Director ~ . SUBJECT: Planning Case 95-23 The following is a brief review of the request and the recommendation of the Planning I Commission. Casc 95-23. Bart Buetow. 1433 Forest Lane. Preliminary RLS . A. ~cquest . . he applicant is requesting approval of a preliminary Registered Land Survey (RLS) consisting of three tracts on a 1.11 acre parcel zoned R-I Single Family Residential District (Exhibit A). I. I B. Baekl!round The property under consideration in this request consists of three (3) existing lots (Lots . 16, 17, and 18 of Arden Hills No.2). The property also contains an existing home (1433 Forest Lane), which is located on Tract A on the preliminary RLS and on Lot 16 and a portion of 17 on the existing plat. I The Planning Commission has received during its review of this request considerable discussion and conccrn from the neighborhood regarding the compatibility of the request . with thc adjacent neighborhood. In general, the neighborhoods concerns were that the preliminary RLS; provided for lots which were out of context with the neighborhood by I bcing smaller than average, unnecessarily removed existing mature hardwood trees, and had the potential to cause adverse drainage onto adjacent properties. The City Code in Chapter 22 (the Subdivision Ordinance) outlines the rules and regulations for the I development of subdivisions. The Subdivision Ordinance in its text does not refer to compatibility as an item for review. However, the Subdivision Ordinance in Section 22- 12, (e), (3) does state: "It is detcrmined that the proposed division or consolidation will I not be detrimental to the public wclfare or injurious to adjacent tracts in the area in which the subdivision tract is located". I C. Planning Commission Rccommendation The Planning Commission recommends approval of Planning Case 95-23, preliminary .- RLS, subject to the following conditions: .