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Page 6 of 7 <br /> <br />accessory structures: two sheds, a gazebo, and a pool with an approximate total of 1,356 square <br />feet. The existing accessory structures on Subject Property B do not comply with the code <br />provisions for number of accessory structures and total floor area for accessory structures. These <br />accessory structures also do not comply with the location requirement for accessory structures, as <br />all four are located within the principal structure’s front yard as measured to the south property <br />line, the front lot line for the existing Subject Property B. This condition is an existing legal <br />nonconformity and will not change. <br /> <br />Driveway and Residential Access – Nonconforming <br />In Section 1325.06 Requirements for Parking, Loading and Circulation, each property which abuts <br />one or more public streets, shall be entitled to at least one access to a public street. Single family <br />uses shall be limited to one (1) access per property. The existing Subject Property A does not abut <br />a public street and is accessible by a driveway easement from Lake Johanna Blvd. The request <br />would not change this existing legal nonconformity. <br /> <br />Subject Property B, which abuts Lake Johanna Boulevard, does not have access along this roadway <br />and instead uses a driveway partially located on Subject Property C for access to Oak Avenue. The <br />request would not change this existing legal nonconformity <br /> <br />Findings of Fact <br /> <br />The Planning Commission must make a finding as to whether or not the proposed application <br />would adversely affect the surrounding neighborhood or the community as a whole based on the <br />aforementioned factors. Staff offers the following findings for consideration: <br /> <br />General Findings: <br />1. City Staff received a land use application for a Minor Subdivision to adjust the lot lines <br />between the three existing properties at 1613 Lake Johanna Blvd, 1580 Oak Avenue, and <br />1578 Oak Avenue. <br />2. City Staff received a withdrawal of the portion of the land use application addressing the <br />lot line adjustment for the property addressed as 1580 Oak Avenue. <br />3. The Subject Properties are located in the R-1 Single Family Residential Zoning District. <br />4. The Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan designates the properties as Low Density <br />Residential. <br />5. 1580 Oak Avenue is nonconforming with the code requirements for street access and <br />accessory structures. 1578 Oak Avenue is nonconforming with code requirements for <br />accessory structures. <br />6. The proposed Minor Subdivision would not change the existing legal nonconforming <br />nature of the number, size and location of accessory structures and driveways for 1580 Oak <br />Avenue and 1578 Oak Avenue. <br />7. The proposed Minor Subdivision would not change the existing legal nonconforming <br />nature of the requirements for street access for 1580 Oak Avenue. <br />8. The proposed would increase the lot area of 1613 Lake Johanna Blvd. <br />9. The proposed would not create a new lot of record. <br />10. The request proposes to use the properties in a reasonable manner for the R-1 Zoning <br />District. <br />11. The Owner of the platted lot has filed with the zoning administrator a registered land <br />survey of the lot line adjustment. <br />12. The proposed division will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to <br />adjacent tracts in the area in which the subdivision tract is located.