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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - OCTOBER 4, 2000 2 was granted by the City Council in 1983 during the initial platting of the Katie Court arca to anow for a ten-foot reduction in the front yard setbacks of each lot. e Procedural Requirements Scction 22-12, (e) of the City Code authorizes the consolidation of platted lots of record if the fonowing four conditions are met: I. The owners of such platted lots to be consolidated shall file with the City Planner a surveyor rcgistered land survey ofthe lots to be consolidated. 2. The parcel resulting from the consolidation shall not have an area, dimensions or setbacks which arc less than the minimum requirements spccified for the zoning district in which the parcel is located in the Zoning Ordinance. 3. It is detemlined that the proposed consolidation win not be detrimental to thc public welfare or injurious to adj acent tracts in the area in which the consolidated parcel is locatcd. 4. The Planning Commission and City Council may attach additional requirements to thc application, as it deems necessary for the protection of the health, safety, general welfare and conyenience of the City. Zoninl! Review From the above procedural requirements, the fonowing can be determined: 1. All ofthe required documentation was submitted to the City, including a rcgistered survey of the propeliies in question. 2. The resulting parcel of the consolidation will exceed an of the minimum dimensional requirements of the City's Zoning Ordinance, as shown in Table I, below. A structure could . also be easily built on the resulting lot, mceting all of the minimum setback requirements. 3. The consolidation will not be detrimental to the public or to adjaccnt lands. The purpose of the consolidation is to avoid, during construction on the propeliy, an underground pipeline (possibly filled with concrete) that is rulliling through the propeliy. The consolidation would also give the owners the ability to build a larger single family home by avoiding the easement. 4. Staff does not believe that the proposed consolidation will negatively affect the health, safety or general welfare ofresidents in the area. The properties in question are zoned R-3, Townhouse and Low Density Multiple Dwelling District, which does allow for single family homes as well as a range of other housing types. This area is completely built up with singlc family homes (Exhibit E) and, as such, the City should consider changing the zoning in this area from R-3 to R-l, Single Family Residential, if this is what the City desires in this area. The R-3 district allows for a density of up to 8 units pcr acre and a variety of housing types whereas the R- I allows 3 units per acre and only pemlits single family homes without a land use application. A change in zoning would also preserve the current housing stock as single family and discourage redevelopment of multi-family from occurring in the future. Ms. Chaput stated that staff recommends approval of Planning Case #00-35, lot consolidation of two parcels, 3295 and 3301 Katie Court, into one parcel, with the following reasons: e I. Thc application is able to meet the criteria for consolidation as outlined in Section 22-12, (e) ofthe City Code; 2. For future planning purposes, the City will consider rcviewing the zoning for Katie Lane and Katie Court to match what currently exists.