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Vp <br /> M <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE. 9-27-93 <br /> ITEM loo. . <br /> e ar nt Approval* Manager Reviewedâ–  Agenda Sectionâ–  <br /> Reports and Recommendation <br /> item Description: Thomas Willmus request for a division -of <br /> platted lot at 3040 N. Hamline Avenue. <br /> Ba ckgr'ound <br /> 1 <br /> Mr. Wi l lmus lives at 3040 R. Hamline Avenue on property located <br /> on the southwest shore of Lake Josephine. Immediately to the <br /> north, Mr. Willmus also owns a parcel of land legally described <br /> as Tract H, Registered Land Survey 189. Mr. W i 1 lmu s is seeking <br /> to divide Tract H into two single family residential lots. <br /> 2. The lot division request is illustrated on the attached survey t <br /> The property is zoned R-1 and is within the . shoreland <br /> management ordinance area of make Josephine. Each lot will <br /> exceed the minimum lot area requirement of 12,500 sq, feet. <br /> The proposed, parcel 1 is 27,533 sq. ft. and proposed Parcel 2 <br /> is 27 , 187 sq. ft. Each parcel would have direct access to <br /> Hamline Avenue, via the existing access easement now serving <br /> the subject property. The entrance configuration for Parcel 1 <br /> insures access to this easement. <br /> Lakeshore property, by its nature, is often irregularly shaped <br /> and contains unusually and sensitive natural amenitiess <br /> careful design consideration must be given when locating <br /> structures on such parcels, ' In this particular ease, the two <br /> proposed- lots represent ideal opportunities for single family <br /> residential lakeshore development* The topography of the lots <br /> suggest that the building setbacks from the ordinary high water <br /> mark will be well past the 75 foot setback requirements <br /> lb <br /> 4e It should be pointed out with this review that the standards of <br /> the subdivision regulations indicate two areas where . the <br /> standards are not met. Specifically , the City code requires a <br /> minimum of 85 foot .lot width at the building setback line in <br /> that in the case of flag lots, a minimum of. 3 0 feet of f rontage <br /> on public right-of-way. In the case of the two proposed <br /> parcels, the lot width at the ]wilding setback line is <br /> approximately 80 feet and the frontage on the right-of-way for <br /> Parcel I is approximately 23 feet. If the City Council is of <br /> a mind to approve the lot division, exceptions to these <br /> standards will be implied with the Counci 1"I s action for <br /> approval <br />