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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – November 5, 2025 2 Senior Planner Fransen reported Subject Property A, which was developed with no public street frontage, is accessible by way of a driveway easement to Lake Johanna Boulevard. Subject Property B has property frontage on Lake Johanna Boulevard, but the property is accessible from Oak Avenue by a driveway that is located on both Subject Properties B and C. In 2008, the Applicant submitted a land use application to update and expand the detached garage located on Subject Property B. The City deemed the application incomplete until the property lines were replatted or subdivided, with the garage being platted on the same lot as the primary structure to which it is accessory. The Applicant withdrew the application and did not pursue the minor subdivision at that time. Senior Planner Fransen explained the Minor Subdivision is requested to allow for the alteration of the property lines between the subject properties. The alterations would increase the lot area of Subject Properties A and B. Adjusting the lot line would effectively incorporate all improvements associated with Subject Property B and C, including the principal structure, driveway, tennis court, and accessory structures into Subject Property B. The proposal will decrease the lot area of Subject Property C and that property will have no improvements and be considered vacant land. No future development of Subject Property C is included with the request. The proposed Minor Subdivision does not include a proposal to create new lots and would not include new uses on the lots. Although the lot shown as Subject Property C could be sold, and/or subdivided in the future, any such future proposed development would be subject to zoning and building requirements and would undergo further review. Senior Planner Fransen reviewed the Site Data, the Plan Evaluation and provided the Findings of Fact for review: 1. City Staff received a land use application for a Minor Subdivision to adjust the lot lines between the three existing properties at 1613 Lake Johanna Blvd, 1580 Oak Avenue, and 1578 Oak Avenue. 2. The Subject Properties are located in the R-1 Single Family Residential Zoning District. 3. The Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan designates the properties as Low Density Residential. 4. 1580 Oak Avenue is nonconforming with the code requirements for street access and accessory structures. 1578 Oak Avenue is nonconforming with code requirements for accessory structures. 5. The proposed Minor Subdivision would remedy the street access nonconformity for 1580 Oak Avenue and the accessory structures nonconformity for 1578 Oak Avenue. 6. The proposed would increase the accessory structure nonconformities of 1580 Oak Avenue. 7. The proposed would require a variance for the existing and proposed accessory structure nonconformities. 8. The Applicant has not submitted the required application materials for a variance request. 9. The proposed would increase the lot area of 1613 Lake Johanna Blvd and 1580 Oak Avenue. 10. The proposed would not create a new lot of record. 11. The request proposes to use the properties in a reasonable manner for the R-1 Zoning District. 12. The Owner of the platted lot has filed with the zoning administrator a registered land survey of the lot line adjustment.